Firstly the positives, some stitching on the crazy patchwork ............
and some more research material ...............
Now as to why I'm horrified. Idly looking through some google images I came across something which looked familiar and clicked, expecting to find either somebody's interpretation of a design I'd seen in a book or a coloured photograph of the author's work. Yes, in my opinion, it was somebody's "interpretation" of said design but, according to them, it was a pattern they'd recently designed and which they were selling! Well, I got my book out to be sure I wasn't imagining things as us embroiderers do often see very similar work from different people and sometimes take inspiration from other embroiderers when we buy their books or attend their courses. The shape of the object was exactly the same, the shapes and lines of embroidery were exactly the same - nothing had been changed as far as I could tell! It's sad - very, very sad and, if I'm right, criminal!
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Report it Shelley!....or at least let the original designer know that someone else has pinched the credit for their work.
ReplyDeleteIt's always a risk putting stuff on a blog or in a book...
...being inspired by is one thing...
...but claiming credit where it's not due is quite another matter.
Absolutely. In fact tell the person who's selling it that you've spotted it, as well.
ReplyDeleteI agree. If they ripped you off don't let it pass by quietly. You did the work, you created the design. YOU YOU YOU. Not them.
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