If one of you created and sold a quilt to someone, how pleased would you be to see it being produced by someone else who will make money from it? How would you feel if it was mass produced for a skinhead recruitment giveaway?
She who owns the copyright can control how the fabric (or pattern) is used. WE are not the "little guy" - the person whose fabric we're using against the copyright is the one getting hurt. After all, she should have the right to say NO if a group wants to use her fabric in a pornographic calendar, shouldn't she?
I don't make quilts to sell but if I did, I'd follow the rules. I'm not interested in taking food out of someone else's mouth, or in creating a precedent for someone else to be able to use the fabric for less...mainstream purposes.