Patent? She doesn't know what she is saying, and has no intention of "patenting" her design. The cost to patent a product or process via manufacturing is extremely high..... $100,000 plus.....sometimes much more.....she was threatening. I would give her credit if you make a copy...as long as you are not selling the printed instructions, you are fine. If she patents her quilting process, we are all in trouble. Actually, she would have to prove no one else before her had ever used the quilt making process.