You may not sell a lot of patterns on Craftsy.com but they do sell. I've sold three of my umbrella wall hanging patterns so far.

HUGE THANKS to everyone. What a wealth of info and encouragement!

you can get some good information here. wow you must have a creative mind.

This is entirely untrue and a dangerous myth. The only time you have any legal recourse for copyright infringement is if you have registered your copyright with the US Copyright Office before the infringement took place. The fee is $35 online and $50 by mail.
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-register.html

I recently posted some patterns for sale on Craftsy, and also on my blog. I've had some good response from both those. I do appreciate this thread however - it's given me some ideas for additional marketing.

I used to work for a very well known cross stitch designer. She started by selling to the local shops, then got connected with the distributors those shops dealt with. Ask them for names and addresses. Send the distributors at least 3 different designs to introduce yourself. The more the better! They'll know you're serious that way. We went to a large trade show on the East Coast and made great contacts. We didn't display, just checked out fabric suppliers, framers, etc. and the bigger distributors. I produced my own designs after a few years learning the business end of it, but didn't go as far as she has. I created a small catalogue and sent it out to shops I saw advertising in cross stitch magazines. Got several customers that way! You could check out shops advertizing in quilt magazines. Getting that first fan letter was great and getting letters from Europe was sooo exciting! I still had small children and it just became too much so I ended my business in 1999. I often think of sending designs in to magazines to be considered for publication but never have. Hmmmm maybe 'someday'! God bless and enjoy the ride!
Alice

Did anyone mention these?

http://quiltwoman.com/designers.aspx
&
http://www.thequiltpatternshoppe.com/patterndesigners/

I love hearing all this information. It gets my wheels going for what I would like to do to hit the "big time"! Good luck
annemarcellis. I can't wait to buy your patterns!

Because this thread is entirely a discussion of how the OP can market her patterns, I think the 'powers that be' would consider her posting photos of them here as marketing...something that is clearly against the rules of the board and unfair to the other pattern designers in our membership. My hunch is that the previously posted photos were deleted for that very reason. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-forum/2c.gif

Thanks-I sure didn't have that intent. Where do I go to post pictures? My profile? I tried but it won't "save"