Originally Posted by
bearisgray
How can one know if a block, or quilt, design is in public domain?
I appreciate your question, but I am convinced that people are suffering over copyright questions unnecessarily. All quilts are based on squares, rectangles, triangles , circles or some variation of other shapes that exist in nature. I seriously doubt that it is possible to copyright how to put them together. Obviously, if you have written instructions for construction, no one should sell or give away your instructions without your permission. On the other hand, how many ways are there to put a nine patch together? froggyintexas