There are a lot of hidden costs in designing and publishing patterns. You have to sell a LOT of patterns to make a decent living from it.

Plus you have to constantly fight the copyright battle; not cheap to defend your work.

Esp when others admit to copying patterns to give to friends.
Sandy

It is a lot of work to design a paper pieced pattern like the ones Judy produces. Like the others said the papers are included and it would cost quit a bit to print them yourself or take them to a printer. A lot of the papers are oversized.
As for her instructions, for me they are too wording and it is hard for me to find the information I am looking for. I am more of a list and diagram person.

There a many people that really love her patterns. I think for those people the price is reasonable.

If you are referring to my post, reread it.

I meet a lot of quilters who readily admit to copying patterns to share with friends. Not sure why you felt that I was referring to you.
sandy

to make pp patterns I copy the pattern once, then staple it to several pieces of thin paper such as "Kabinet wax" then put a big needle on my sewing machine and without any thread in ir follow the pattern. you can make as many as five or six copies at once. a quick way to make patterns.

She also sells refill packs of papers for many of her patterns at a reasonable price. Her prices are pretty comparable to several other patterns. Some of her Licensed store patterns are higher.