Thanks for saying that, mcdaniel23. I totally agree with you. This is a unique, original idea and the designer has every right to benefit from her work on it. Eight dollars is certainly not an exorbitant amount of money for a pattern like this.
The designer, Bonnie Olaveson, can easily be reached through her Etsy shop at
http://www.etsy.com/search?includes%...on+Way+designs
through her Big Cartel shop at
http://cottonway.bigcartel.com/
through her blog at
http://cottonway.blogspot.com/search...max-results=17
or Google will happily give you her email addy or phone number if asked nicely.