The Copyright Issue Affects Most Quilters
September 2, 2007 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
The copyright issue, concerning patterns and fabrics, affects most quilters, especially if they’re planning to sell their quilts and fabric art. If you’re making quilts simply for your own use or to give as gifts, then it doesn’t come into play so much with your work.
I came across an interesting article at Quilting Business.com, titled: Quilting Copyright: Can I Sell My Quilts Made with Licensed Fabric or from Copyrighted Patterns? These are two of the copyright issues confronting quilter and fabric artists site owner Chuck Smith has researched.
Chuck also has a free e-mail mini course: 7 Unique Ways to Make Money with Your Quilting. (You can register by clicking on the same link as the above article.)
Quilting Business.com is a great site for answers and ideas for the quilt business owner.
We used to buy fabric from wholesale textile companies before we started printing our own designs, and made and re sold quilts and comforters all day. Copyright violation only comes into play when you start printing your own designs, make sure you don’t make any hawaiian bedding to close to any other designs on the market, and you can NOT change something 30% and think its ok
you can see more at http://www.deanmillerprints.com