Originally Posted by
icon17
I don't know. But My Hubby and I talked He said it could be that "they' have 'Bought' the 'Rights' to the 'Patterns' !!
But if not and the Patterns are in 'free public' not sure of the right words?
WE should be able to do as we want!! With out asking for some small time 2@#$$% telling us how to DO.
Bought from whom? Mary Jo Smith who first made the pattern in 1792? (fictitious!)
Very few, if any, of these patterns can be placed back to a single person. Take "Annie's choice" probably some Annie long 200 years before me! But none of us will ever know WHICH ANNIE!
Even if someone shows a pattern as first showing up decades ago, how do WE know that our GG Grandma was indeed the first to use the pattern.