Originally Posted by
ghostrider
Greenheron, if the customer provided the shirts and is getting the finished quilt back, no change of ownership has taken place and Martha was simply compensated for her labor and supplies. Whether the quilt now counts as a derivative work is a whole 'nother stinky question.
Thanks for that solution. I was going for a 'reductio ad absurdum'.
But..........if quilters include 'home use only' fabrics in a quilt could they not give the fabric as a free gift and charge only for their labor and other supplies, as well as taste and talent and misc. costs?