Originally Posted by memathomas
if you relay in doubt all you have to do is don't make it exactly like the original if you change it up just a little they can't say a thing because it is not an exact copy it becomes your design. no quilt is perfect
This is most defintely not true. It is called a "derivative work" and is a copyright infringement unless your work is substantially different from the original. See
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ14.pdf for a description of derivative works.