The Copyright Puzzle of Quiltmaking
December 28, 2007 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
Copyright continues to present a puzzling issue among quilters and fabric artists. How can you protect your original work? What designs and patterns, even fabrics, are free from copyright if you want to make something for sale?
It’s often not a “cut and dried” issue, as Chuck Smith explains in Quilting Copyright: Can I Sell My Quilts Made with Licensed Fabric or from Copyrighted Patterns? He deals with two questions in his article at Quilting Business.
*Can I sell a quilt I make from fabric with licensed images?
*Can I sell a quilt I make from a pattern I purchase that is copyrighted?
Chuck has researched these questions and gives us information from a variety of sources. Yet, it’s still difficult to find absolute answers without consulting with an attorey. However, Chuck does have information to get you started and act as a springboard to warn you from some practices that could bring copyright problems. 
(c)2007 Mary Emma Allen
