i found some really nice ideas i can alter very easily without offending anyone. it definitely has never been a lace pattern in any way that i know of, and its made from a few differnt sources, so it should be some where near "all original design". i'll make sure i keep a note with the lace citing where i got any design i use, but these designs are so common i don't think they would be considered something that would violate any patent laws. it is still wrong to duplicate anyones work, so i wouldn't do that.
as far as being a clutz with the pencil and paper, i can draw, but i'm the least creative person i know. i can only draw what i see, not something out of my head. i'm giving myself until january to finish a pattern before i start to worry. i'm sure by then i'll have it on paper, and so long as i don't decide to change everything in the middle, i'll be fine. --- Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you're asking - as I suspect, judging by the subject line - > whether a stencil-inspired piece of lace can be labeled "original design" then, again, I think the answer is yes. > > A stencil, or a postcard, or a drawing in a book... They're just > lines, with no relationship to lace. "Translating" them into lace stitches is what makes the design your own (though I know Susan Lambiris doesn't agree with me; for her, if it doesn't start with a blank sheet of paper, it's not "her own") > -- > Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ > Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) > from suzy in tennessee,u.s.a. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
