What Scissor Queen states is true. You can checkout "copyright laws and get the actual facts there. Besides there are many places on this Board with the different links where you can purchase or download free patterns. There are so many patterns it makes ones head spin. You can take one square and cut it anyway you want at any degree and you are on your way to a quilt. Kind of like a recipe; even Paula Deen will tell you to take her recipe and run with it.