Originally Posted by
Colorful1
"Swoon" is an old block. Personally, I find it disrespectful for 'designers' to take credit for something they didn't create. Taking out copyrights and expecting others to pay homage to them is unethical IMHO. They should be crediting the often anonymous creator instead and leave it at that. Just my 2 cents.
In the case of the "swoon" quilt designer she mentions that it is an old block. I think called "dutch rose" and she made it bigger to use 2 fat quarters and a background. She eliminated the "y" seam so in my opinion she did it right. I agree with you that many patterns seem to be a rehash of old without crediting the old.