Originally Posted by
quiltlady1941
If you make the quilt with the same ideas but don't make it exactly the same as hers, like maybe change the figures to say a baby doll, a dog or a cat , when she used a little girl, you wouldn't be making the quilt the same as hers just the same idea, would this still be infringing on her copyrights.
Simply put, yes, that's still copyright infringement. You said it yourself...it's her idea. Changing the figures would only make yours a derivative work and that's copyright infringement. Just because you probably won't get caught doesn't make it alright, but that decision is yours alone.