Originally Posted by
catmcclure
Maybe the original purchaser of the pattern made the quilt and gave it away. The recipient has NO contact, commercial or otherwise, with the designer. Maybe they didn't even know it was a designer pattern. Sort of like the knockoffs of designer handbags. The feds will arrest anyone selling the bags but won't prosecute anyone who just owns one.
Actually there's a big difference between a knockoff and a counterfeit. They'll arrest you and confiscate counterfeit goods but not for a knockoff. That's why you'll see designer knockoff clothes in stores within weeks of something going down the runways.