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Getting permission and giving credit is the right thing to do. Designs in books, patterns, magazines, blogs, and web pages are the intellectual property of the designer, NOT the one who buys, borrows, or downloads the pattern. While the quiltmaker has the right to make quilts for their own personal use from these designs, they do not always have the right to sell work made from the designs of others (even for a charitable purpose) or post pictures of it on a web site.

Traditional quilt blocks, those old chestnuts that have been around for years (Nine Patch, Log Cabin, Ohio Star, etc.) don't count, but pretty much everything else does.

What counts as "written permission?"
  • An email or letter from the designer or publisher.

  • A photocopy of the copyright page of a book or pattern if it states that permission is granted for charitable purposes.

  • A blanket statement about fair use printed from a web page or blog.

  • MAIL the written permission with your quilt after your register it.


IF YOU CAN'T FIND CONTACT INFORMATION TO GET PERMISSION, ASK AMI. Ami can sometimes help locate designers for permission, but do NOT wait until the last minute and make this her emergency.

When you register the quilt include:
  • The name of the designer or author of the pattern. First and last name.

  • The full name of the book, magazine, web site, blog, or workshop where you found it. When including a web site:

             Do it this way: QuiltsUpTheWazoo.com

             Don't do it this way: http://www.QuiltsUpTheWazoo.com/block3454340-8.html

  • Page number, issue and date (if appropriate), and/or copyright date.

  • YOU MUST INCLUDE THE STATEMENT: "Used with written permission." at the end. That's it. Please don't add any personal messages that this is "on the way" or "will be sent with the quilt" as somebody volunteering for the AAQI will have to delete that or else it will wind up on the web page and we'll all look foolish. If you submit multiple quilts print off multiple permissions. Otherwise we have to at this end.


Here's how to ask for permission:

I would like to make a quilt using the pattern/design/quilt featured on page ___ of the book ____________ by ________________ and donate the quilt to the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative. They will, in turn, photograph my quilt and put it up on their web page, and either auction it or sell it. All profits fund Alzheimer's research. I will credit ___________ as the designer and state that I have written permission to use their design in this way.

Is there anything else you would require of me in order to do this?

The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative us an all-volunteer 501(c)3 nonprofit charity whose mission is to raise awareness and fund research through art. It was founded by Ami Simms. She is a quilter. Her mother had Alzheimer's. (www.AlzQuilts.org)

Thank you,
Your full name and address


(You may be required to include a statement on the label of your quilt.)

C&T Publishing suggests that you look at the copyright page for the statement that begins, "ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" for this important information in books published by them after 2007.

Otherwise, please contact Adrianne Shroyer at adriannes@ctpub.com.

Back to the rules.

Click here for a "blanket release" to print for Pat Sloan's designs when used for the AAQI. Cite her pattern name, where you found it (book/pattern/page number, etc.) and include the statement "Used with written permission."

Bethany Reynolds grants blanket permission for quilters to use her designs and Stack-n-Whack® techniques for Priority: Alzheimer's Quilts for the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative. Print off this page and include it with your quilt. When you register please cite the source (book/pattern/page number, etc.) of Bethany's pattern and include the statement "Used with written permission."

DRG Publishing (American School of Needlework) offers a blanket release for quilts such as those made for the Priority: Alzheimer's Quilt project. Print off this page and include it with your quilt. When you register your quilt please cite the source (book/pattern/designer/page number, etc.) of any DRG Publishing designs and include the statement "Used with written permission."

Interweave Press requests that you contact Kate Grusauskas, Contracts Administrator for permission. Reach her at kgrusauskas@interweave.com. Use the sample letter above.