naturally i agree with myself. :lol:
the central question here, though, is whether or not we can legally:
-use somebody else's design without paying for the pattern; or
-copy something somebody else made and then claim it as our own.
ask 5 lawyers about any specific situation and you'll get at least 57 opinions.
the first thing to do is to "read up" on copyright law and issues. the information is easy to find on the internet.
in addition to considering the law, employ ethics. if you don't admit you got the idea somewhere else, aren't you implying it was your own idea? is that ethically right? how would you feel in the other quilter's shoes?
if somebody made a quilt like it after seeing my Chisholm Plaits and didn't mention they'd been inspired by my use of those blocks, could i sue them for a copyright violation? NO ... because every element of that layout came from the public domain. i just happen to have realized they worked well together.
if somebody made a quilt like it after seeing my Chisholm Plaits and didn't mention they'd been inspired by my use of those blocks, would i be seriously ticked off? you bet