The book does not give any specific instructions for how to make an individual block. There are some general piecing instructions at the beginning of the book - wash the fabric, cut accurately, check your seam allowances and finished block size - sort of thing.

BMP said (in the book) that she drafted the blocks "in the manner of . . . " which I suppose would give her some leeway in how accurately drawn they actually are.

I understand that the software may be "better" - and some of the blocks more closely resemble the ones that Jane made than the drawings in the Dear Jane book.

No I haven't violated any copyrights.
It is still allowed to quote others.

It seems that paranoia has spread beyond reasonable bounds. Yes, you can quote others. You just need to say so.

we will always choose the most cautious policies and courses of action in order to protect this board and our members.

that is neither paranoia nor unreasonable. it's just common sense.

please don't start a whole new argument about that.

[quote/]I am right on quoting others, and that is that! [quote/]

She IS right about quoting others. As long as she is quoting truthfully, there is no way she can be penalized for it.
Here I am quoting her, and what's wrong with that? 8-)

What I do is to take certain things from several patterns and put them into one block or quilt. Mostly they are applique flowers birds etc.

I totally agree--the quilting magazines will be the ones to pay the price---I buy them to get ideas, and although I rarely sell a finished quilt,since it is in a published magazine, the decision should be mine--the mag paid the creator for their design, and the mag gets their money from the sale of the magazine---if you don't want people to make quilts from your design, then don't publish it. We went through this a few years back with doll and animal patterns which were being bought and made to sell at craft shows--some companies/designers stated that you had to have permission to make and sell them from their pattern and some only stated that they could not be mass produced(numbers would be in the hundreds) Guess which companie/designers are no longer in business. As for quilt shows, all of us have our own color combinations, and special touches we do to every quilt we make so unless you make it exactly like the pattern in every color and detail, I do not think they have the right to go after you. Besides,most patterns have some sort of "public domain pattern" in them somewhere. I quit McCalls over a year ago--I still do get McCalls Quick Quilts and the new Quick Quilts magazine because the quilts are fast and simple. You can have the rest.

I would like to know that if I post a pattern for a new swimming bag on my now new site friendshipofcats, I designed the idea and borrowed an applique for one of the pockets, that I am breach of copyright even if I say that the applique belongs to some one else.

this crossed my mind too.... :roll:

I subscribe, but am sick of seeing traditional quilts presented as "new" because they are pushing some designer's new fabric line. Look at the line drawing of the assembled blocks,, and you see what it really is, or... isn't!!

I have not used a quilt pattern yet, so far most of mine are my own design, but if I buy a pattern, It is mine to do with what I want, as long as I do not copy and give the pattern away. They have sold the pattern, there for they can not tell you how to use the pattern or tell you you can't sale what you make. The copy right ends when the pattern is bought. someone cant put a copy right on your clothes, and then turn around and tell you how to wear them. the copy right is there until it is sold. God bless.