Originally Posted by twinkie
What about a class that you take and you are given a photocopy of a pattern that the class is making. Is the author of the pattern getting the credit or do we need to ask the teacher if this pattern is copywrited? I am confused. Also, if I make a quilt block from a pattern and post a picture of the quilt I made from this block and someone wants me to do a tutorial, am I breaking the law by doing a tute? I am sure that the person who did a tute on the folded dahlia did not design the pattern (or maybe they did LOL).
It depends on the instructor, most of the time you are required to purchase the pattern. There is also a chance that they received permission from the author of the pattern. You would only know for sure by asking the instructor.
I don't know the answer to the question about the folded dahlia, but i do know that the pattern has been around for many years. I made one with my mother probably 20 or more years ago, but I don't have the pattern anymore. I don't know what happened to the book.