Fabric For Personal Use ONLY

     Do you pay attention to the info on the selvedge of the fabric you buy? 

I started thinking a lot about it and looking at some of my fabric after Bonnie Hunter’s Monday, March 26^th blog post  ( http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2012/03/hiccup-in-fabric-copyrights.html ). 

Bonnie shared about Emily Cier, a modern quilter, who writes books for C&T.  Emily was threatened with being SUED for using fabric by a certain designer with a copyright on the selvage that says “For personal use only”.  You can find out more of the story on Emily’s blog here:

http://carolinapatchworks.com/blog/2012/03/22/more-sides-to-the

I know of 2 fabrics that I have with “For personal use only”.  I have not made quilts for sale but the idea that I cannot use this fabric to make anything to sell bothers me.  I plan to look more carefully at fabric and I will think long before I buy anymore such fabric. I want to be free to use it as I see fit.


Update:  I have just been reading Leah Day's post on the subject and it is an EXCELLENT read.  http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/2012/03/copyright-terrorism.html   
Wow!  Thank you, Leah, for all the thought.