Originally Posted by
catmcclure
I wanted to take a photograph of a wall quilt at the Houston show one time. The booth attendant asked me not to and said it was against the rules. The fear was that I'd take the photo and make my own pattern. Instead, she gave me some handouts with much nicer photographs of that quilt and several others. I really didn't have the heart to tell her that I could make a much better pattern from her handout than I ever could with my photograph.
That is for sure. What crazy reasoning she had for not taking pictures! I guess people are really insecure. With so many design ideas out there, a person who wants to design and not buy their own patterns, will. Designers need to realize that and just market their stuff to people who don't want to design their own and don't worry about the rest.
Restricting pictures because you might copy it? That's pretty crazy, IMO.