Is it illegal to sell a quilt -
12-18-2014, 08:33 AM
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The fabric is yours when you purchase it. You may do with it what you will. This is not the same as the rights a designer of a pattern has which means you can't copy it and give it to anyone who asks. The designer of the fabric has given permission when he/she allows the sale to the public and it falls into the public domain.
12-18-2014, 10:17 AM
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And the debate continues. Myself, I'm going to continue doing what I do until or unless I'm legally forced to stop. I'm not getting rich on the items I make. This whole thing started for me when I made a purse as a gift, people saw it and started asking me to make them one and it just went from there.
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12-18-2014, 11:06 AM
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Oh my, I had no idea when I asked this question that it would be so confusing. 
I have no intention of stealing a design, I am only going to take fabric cut it to pieces & then sew it back together again with a different look. I am only one person & no I will not be "mass" producing quilts. In the end I still think the client should purchase the fabric & I will only charge for labor. This way we all should be safe. Thanks to everyone for their take on this. 
I have no intention of stealing a design, I am only going to take fabric cut it to pieces & then sew it back together again with a different look. I am only one person & no I will not be "mass" producing quilts. In the end I still think the client should purchase the fabric & I will only charge for labor. This way we all should be safe. Thanks to everyone for their take on this.
12-18-2014, 12:16 PM
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And the debate goes on!
I'd like to see this resolved one way or the other. Not so much about "logo" fabric but using fabric at all.
There's a somewhat popular designer (who I'm not going to name) who made very public and very ugly threats about a photo of a finished item on the cover of a book that (horrors!) had some of her fabric in it which wasn't credited. I flat out won't buy any of her fabric.
Think of it this way: I made our DGD a log cabin quilt with over 140 different fabrics in light/dark pinks. What if someone wanted to put it on the cover of a book: since most of those fabrics were FQs, I don't have a clue who they came from.
Could one of those designers sue me for using a bit of her fabric without permission?
Ridiculous in my opinion.
I wish a really rich quiltmaker would be threatened with such a lawsuit and take it to court for a final opinion.
I'd like to see this resolved one way or the other. Not so much about "logo" fabric but using fabric at all.
There's a somewhat popular designer (who I'm not going to name) who made very public and very ugly threats about a photo of a finished item on the cover of a book that (horrors!) had some of her fabric in it which wasn't credited. I flat out won't buy any of her fabric.
Think of it this way: I made our DGD a log cabin quilt with over 140 different fabrics in light/dark pinks. What if someone wanted to put it on the cover of a book: since most of those fabrics were FQs, I don't have a clue who they came from.
Could one of those designers sue me for using a bit of her fabric without permission?
Ridiculous in my opinion.
I wish a really rich quiltmaker would be threatened with such a lawsuit and take it to court for a final opinion.
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