I dye and sell yarn. If a buyer wants to use my yarn for something to sell, fine. You’ve bought the yarn from me and now you own it. I have expectations that you will use the yarn. KS should have had the same expectations. The business with the totes is one thing, and I think she’s correct there, but the lawsuit against the writer is ridiculous. Wouldn’t you think that she’d be happy that her fabric was used in the book? I’d be thrilled if someone used my yarns in a book (and gave me credit).
I was thinking of buying some of her latest fabric, but now I’m so turned off by this lawsuit, that I won’t. If people are buying your fabric and using it, then others will see that lovely fabric and want to buy it, too. That’s what it’s all about: sales. If you don’t want people to show quilts made from your fabric, then don’t sell the fabric.
OK, off my soapbox. I think I need to sew on pretty fabric.