Originally Posted by A1Lori

I reside in ME and am skeptical of how many quilts will be at the show this year because of the great restrictions they have imposed for this show. If you are going to hang a quilt at the show, you need written permission from the quilt pattern creator due to copyright laws. The cloth is sometimes copyrighted, the patterns are copyrighted, the pantos are copyrighted, etc. so where does this madness end? This restriction is for every quilt, not just the ones being judged. I know it deterred me from showing any. Some you just don't even know who to give credit to - perhaps a UFO that you have laying around that was from a magazine - oh but which one and what date - etc.

In looking at the recent catalog from Keepsake Quilting, it seems copyright doesn't hold much water anyways. I found four in that catalog that were very, very similar to other quilt patterns I've used/seen in the past. Only changing one minor thing per block, with the overall appearance of the quilt being the same. So really, there is not much protection anyway.

Getting back to the show, I am taking a class with Bonnie McAffrey and going to the Champagne Preview.