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rebeljane 06-01-2013 08:54 AM

This is a very interesting read:-

http://www.tabberone.com/Trademarks/...Quilting.shtml

OldHairTwister 06-01-2013 10:28 AM

Diane seems to be pretty full of herself doesn't she? My Grandmother always said that imitation is the truest form of flattery.

mandyrose 06-01-2013 11:17 AM

geeze I wonder if that's the same diane that has this pattern http://www.nancysnotions.com/product...+it+pattern.do cause she has all kinds of rules with the instruction and states only for personal use and donations and to put a label on the cover with her name as the designer of the pattern????(don't get that part) if you donate them. then in bold print has my pattern may not be made into items for sale,I order it and found I didn't need the pattern in the end as I found the exact same style on printrest free, go figure this is a common pattern that's around for years.

junegerbracht 06-01-2013 11:17 AM

The easiest way to deal with this is to not buy her patterns! Why be aggravated.

Bneighbor 06-01-2013 11:47 AM


Originally Posted by rebeljane (Post 6097815)

I just read that Diane is a member here. Maybe she should read this.

oh munner 06-01-2013 12:43 PM

WOW!!! What a snob!!!! Did anyone see anything so "original" that you haven't seen the same pattern 100 times before..... for free? All I can say is that Diane needs to get over herself. YIKES!!!!!

quiltmom04 06-01-2013 02:16 PM


Originally Posted by MamaHen (Post 6097104)
I wonder how many of Diane's patterns she has copied from someone else. There isn't a single one of those star quilts that someone couldn't have designed themselves with EQ7 or graph paper.

That's what I was thinking. They are nice, but NOT UNIQUE. They are variations on a star. And after all that " my designs are so wonderful, you can't copy them" stuff, I wouldn't buy a pattern even if I liked it!

bigsister63 06-01-2013 02:27 PM


Originally Posted by rebeljane (Post 6097815)

What makes the info in this post more accurate or trueful than Dianne's? As has been said before- Check with a Copyright Attorney for correct info.

onaemtnest 06-01-2013 05:58 PM

I think I developed a migraine after reading all her rules ahem, take on her version of copyright...I agree with Scissor Queens assessment.

Maybe someone can tell me....I didn't get far enough into Diane's version of copyright to see if Venus has to be aligned with Mars to display a quilt, made with one of her 'exclusive' designs, on my south wall between the hours of 10 and 2 PM on even numbered days during the month of July. But I'm sure it's there somewhere. Geese - oh - Pete.

This debate goes on and on, yet somehow the earth remains on it's axis with most quilters IMHO are most respectful and following the "Golden Rule"....

diamondee 06-01-2013 08:00 PM

Am I missing something? I see quilts like this all over the place... Is she the "original designer" of the star quilt? Even if you follow all the directions, the quilt, as in all quilts are never ever the same. I think after all that is on her website about what someone can and cannot do, they would just get fed up with it and not purchase anything. Maybe she was misinformed about what she had to do to protect her "original Idea" but that is really overkill.


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