Thank you. I checked your ebay link and that pattern is beautiful and sure looks original to me! Now something like this really can be seen as a copyrighted pattern as it is a distinct pattern and not something that just says "cut 5 inch squares of fabric...". Some of the other patterns being sold don't seem to have that original piece to them so for them it must just be the directions that they can claim as unique. Certainly you're not claiming the copyright on the log cabin block but on your particular variation. And it isn't just a matter of your saying something like "make a log cabin block that is 20 inches square" and claiming that as your variation. But I'm also not well-educated on patterns and so if your pattern was published elsewhere but you had just put a different shape to the quilt (your hexagon border), would that make it "yours"? I think not and if someone took your pattern and varied it just a little, it would not be theirs either.