I do not want to break any laws nor do I want to rob anyone of their due recognition of their talent and hard work but wasnt quilting and sewing and crafting always some thing handed down and taught in families in order to perpetuate the craft? In my husbands family his maternal grandmother made up some of her own crochet patterns and they were passed down to whoever wanted to learn. I also teach and pass many of my tried and true short cuts and ad aptations to my students. I apologize for asking for copies of patterns and such. My thought was to share not steal...