Originally Posted by
BettyGee
I agree with you. Even if you use an original pattern and make your own additions/changes the credit to pattern designer should be given. I am guilty of having posted a picture of a quilt that started out as a basic churn dash and morphed into a completely different quilt; however, credit should have been given to the original pattern I chose. While I cannot undo this I will certainly remember to give credit in the future.
I'm playing the devil's advocate here, but if you started with a churn dash and proceeded to change it, why do you need to tell everyone--anyone who has been quilting for a while knows that it is based on churn dash.
Since no one can copyright the basic shape of churn dash, why even think about it? You didn't violate anything--you just designed a new-to-you quilt.