BOM Tale~ revisited

First thank you all for your comments! I haven't had time to respond, but thought you would all be interested to know that I did write to Marsha McCloskey~ and she did write back! I just love it when designers find the time to do that!!  :-)

She told me that it was fine for me to use the star in my quilt as long as I labeled it giving her credit for the center star, which is her original design and is called Mexican Pinwheel.  She also said she loves it when people use her designs, she just isn't so happy when they rename her blocks and then take credit for them. Which I totally agree with!  Another thing I really like is how she handled the whole situation~ quietly letting the KC Star know it was her block, not a version of it, but exactly her block, with a different name.

The whole situation gives me lots of things to ponder, as copyright issues totally baffle me most of time. In this instance, it all makes perfect sense. :-)

This isn't the best photo, but I thought you'd like to see all my blocks so far~ I really like the red/white. The sashing is made up of loads of 1 inch HST's~ maybe I should start working ahead? ;-)

Thank you again for stopping by, for leaving such thoughtful comments and just for being here for me.
It means the world to me!

Happy weekend!
And happy stitchin'!

A Tale of a BOM~~

Many of you know that I am doing the red/white quilt that is published in the Kansas City Star newspaper the third Sunday of every month.  I was cruising right along making the blocks~ some of them, I didn't care for the way the designer assembled them, but that was ok, I just did it another way. It's my quilt, right?

Well. July's block created quite a stir! :-o  The pattern was for the large center star and the designer called it 'Cupid's Dart'. I got right to work! A feathered star! This star is the whole reason I decided to make this BOM~ I love feathered stars!!  :-)  I thought it would take me a while to do it~ and it did!  Then I heard the news that it was recalled~ see this article.  Uh-oh!  What to do, what to do. :-/  I was quite far into the block so I went to the library and got Marsha's book. The Mexican Pinwheel in her book is a 27.5 inch block. The paper published a 28.5 inch star. (which I already had cut out and started). 

So my question is, if I put it in my quilt and give Marsha McCloskey  credit on my label, is it ok to use it in my quilt?   After all this work, I kinda hate to leave it out?  What is the 'right' thing to do here?

Thanks for stopping by, I am looking fwd to hearing your replies!
Have a great weekend and
Happy Stitching!!