Originally Posted by
Pat M.
I contacted a designer when I noticed her design being used as someone else's design. She wrote me back and thanked me, apparently the person was stealing her designs and selling the product. The newspaper had taken a picture of the item and I saw it.
I believe claiming someone else's design as your own is definitely infringement on copyright. You cannot claim to have created the design. You can, however, use the pattern to make and display or sell a quilt---you just can't claim it as your own original design.
Why do quilt designers sell their patterns if they don't want anyone to make the quilt?