I recently bought two back issues, one on e-bay and one on etsy for just this reason. Even w/ shipping, I paid less than $10 - new magazines aren't much less than that - and I have the whole magazine, not just one pattern.

I'd suggest she try that route, then she'd have her own and no violations to publishers/designers.

You might try www.ericas.com for the back issue of the magazine. She stocks many older copies of quilt magazines.

Wouldn't it be the same as lending her your book? I mean, it's not like you're making a copy to sell.

I made scan and sent it to her. I have never thought about magazine patterns. The designer has been paid by the magazine for all the thousand of copies the magazine printed of the pattern. Just curious how that worked.

what you did violates the magazine publisher's copyrights.

we are all human. we all make mistakes. and we all occassionally "look the other way" for one reason or another.

i'm not throwing stones. waaaaaaaaaaay too many windows in my own house.

but, please, do not suggest or encourage each other in posts here at the board to do what we know we shouldn't. i can't afford a lawyer. if Admin can, i'm sure he'd still rather spend the money on something more fun than a day or two in court. ;-)