Originally Posted by
wildyard
I find the renaming of standard old patterns still going strong today. Make it in a particular color combo and give it a new name. I think sometimes enthusiasm gets carried away with naming patterns when what they should be doing is naming their quilt, not the pattern. If I make a D9P in pink, yellow and orange and call it Tequila Sunrise, then cool I have made a quilt named Tequila Sunrise in the pattern D9P, I have NOT made a new pattern called Tequila Sunrise.
I totally agree. I have always named my quilts (some not repeatable in nice company) and I also acknowledge the pattern name or state that it is an original design.