The Terms of Use page on the web site will explain it all.

Here is a link that might be useful: Quilterscache.com Terms of Use

The Terms & Conditions does not clearly state the difference between original and copyright. There are quite a few "shoulds" and not many "cannots".

"Real Live" Guilds, Church groups and school classrooms may use my patterns to make quilts for charity, for Block of the Month programs or for the general good of the guild/church/school. I do ask that the patterns are distributed "live" at meetings and in their entirety, including all site and copyright info on the page bottoms.

This spells it out very clearly to me: you can use her patterns for your guild BOM; all she asks is that you distribute free copies of the patterns personally to your guild members at your meeting and that the copies have the site and copyright information on the pages at the bottom.

If you have further questions, you should email Marcia directly. She has always responded to me when I had questions about her patterns and their use.
Teresa

The blocks on Quilterscache.com are usually clearly labeled "Original" on page one of the pattern. They are also labeled if orginal on the Quilt Blocks Galore!! page of her web site.

All her writing, instructions and illustrations are copyrighted, whether the design is original or not original, because the instructions and the drawings are her work.

In the case of an original block, the block design itself is also copyrighted. The block design is her work.

In the case of a traditional block, the block design is NOT her work, but her instructions and illustrations ARE her work.

Generally speaking, she is asking that her work (instructions and/or designs) be identified as her work.

CMC

Thanks. I didn't have a problem with the terms and conditions since we are distributing them at the meeting. Just curious about terminology.