Thank you all for your responses. I do not plan to copy the design nor redistribute it in any way. When I bought it, I thought it was a quilt pattern, and that is what I intended to do - make a quilt. It would not be sold, but for my own use only. Although it turned out to be a cd for embroidery, I think I could figure out how to make a reasonable representation to be able to make my quilt. As for changing one thing (to make it mine), I'm afraid that that happens all too often without me even trying to do it,
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At any rate, I will be contacting the designer for permission, as dunster suggested, because it is her original idea, and I would want to give her due credit. When I eventually get it done, I will try to post a picture.