Lending a pattern
#12
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Posts: 2,526
I lent a pattern to my very best friend, because she absolutely loved the quilt I made. She then moved, and has told me she "knows" it's somewhere, but not sure where. I'd like to have it back, but I'm not in a hurry....It's still currently available....but she's had it for over a year!
#14
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
Posts: 24,660
I've wondered if it would be "appropriate" to ask borrowers for the "replacement value" of an item before letting them borrow it - and the "replacement value" would be returned when the item found its way back home.
#15
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Pueblo, Co
Posts: 663
I agree with Patrice J. When I show a quilt, If I remember, I mentioned how a got the pattern, online order, picture in a magazine or the local quilt shop. Lend? , only to my daughter. That way I still own it and I know where it is.
#18
If the pattern is your original you can do what you want with it. If it's a copyright pattern I would not loan it to anyone. Designers spend many hours making their product. It belongs to them. Many folks just don't want to pay the pattern and use friends to accomplish that goal.
#20
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 9,299
Ruby, you're wise to not lend to them. You have obviously a "gut check" or inkling that the friend might do something illegal. I would simply say, "I don't lend my patterns or equipment, and I encourage others to support the designer and the economy by purchasing a copy of their own."
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