Ricky's Quilt Design Stolen - Buyer Beware

We reported this about one year ago today and have discovered it is still happening on another site. Designs by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Elsie Campbell, Jane Sasssaman and more have been stolen. Click here for more information.

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Imagine reading through Facebook and discovering that someone else was selling your quilt design. That's just what happened to Ricky.

From Ricky:

QUILTERS UNITE! PLEASE SHARE and help. Stolen! My Dad's Lone Star design and used on "hippie blanket" without license or permission. I could use help finding out who Amelia Quilt is - and how to contact them - and legal services. The second "blanket" popped up as "often purchased with" so I did the screen grab of it too - anyone recognize the original designer/maker? There may be others.

UPDATE: Information coming in that these are Phishing bait to get your information - they are not selling them - or if they do, the person never receives the product. Buyer beware.

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#102 dscrazycat 2019-11-29 22:54

I was just looking at quilts on Pinterest and an ad came up selling exactly what you were talking about. The picture that caught my attention was one with an award ribbon pinned on it from the guild I belong to!

The company selling the “blankets” was Humpine.com

#101 gbradney 2019-11-29 09:18

This has become the online equivalent of telemarketing calls. It’s in every industry. I first noticed it with a photo of a hand knitted coat selling at a ridiculously low price. Most of these come from China. The only way to stop it is put pressure on those who sell the ad space and the government to stop spam advertising and spam telemarketing on the internet. Contacting the “seller” is useless. They simply change their name and hide.

#100 CozyPatch 2019-11-28 14:40

Just before this popped up in my mail, about seven posts by "Acozy" something showed on my FB feed advertising quilts made from well known quilt patterns for ridiculously low prices. One shows a ribbon on it, obviously a stolen pic. This is infuriating.

#99 Kathy B 2019-11-27 17:09

Ricki you really need to get in touch with Elizabeth Townsend Gard. She is currently doing a study on quilts and intellectual properties. Bet she would give you much legal advice and perspective
on your situation.
Dr. Elizabeth Townsend Gard at the
Copyright Research Lab @ Tulane Law School. She runs a podcast called Just Wanna Quilt.

#98 Jan D 2019-11-27 16:29

This happened to relative who makes beautiful machine embroidered/pie ced quilts and sells them on Etsy. Her pictures were listed on other sites for around $59 where hers were selling for over $200. Evidently people didn't get the quilts they ordered from these fictitious companies or they were cheep knockoffs using her designs. She now puts watermarks on all of her photos so they can't be mistaken as originals.

#97 George L 2019-11-27 14:30

Only suggestion I've heard is to never publish a photo of your quilt showing the full design. Drape it over a bench with enough showing to give the idea, without a nice straight-on full image that they can grab and print.

#96 George L 2019-11-27 14:27

I point out these scammers regularly to our Newsletter subscribers, as well as to anyone who posts any other knockoffs on Facebook. (You know the ones where they compile a bunch of artists' record covers, or more recently have seen embroidery designs being repurposed - dragonflies, unicorns, etc.) Tell tale sign is going to the site and seeing the EXACT same photo over and over again - just a different "quilt" Photoshopped in. Or seeing pressure sales tactics such as limited quantity, only x number left or a timer countdown (all of which magically reset if you revisit the site later or go to the site in a different browser. I try to report them to the web hosting company to shut them down, but they will just show up again under a different name/URL.

#95 margblank 2019-11-27 14:07

There are several such 'phishing' (aka scam) sites on FB. I saw a quilt I recognized; I wanted to report it as copyright infringement, but FB wouldn't let me because I wasn't the designer. So I searched out the designer, sending her a private message on FB that she needed to know and deal with this. That one disappeared eventually but more have reappeared -- especially for this gift giving season. Ignorant, innocent viewers comment on the beauty of the pieces. I however comment "SCAM!!" and explain why. It's the best I can do for the moment. I intend to harass them by calling them out every time I can.

#94 Furstin 2019-11-27 13:20

Facebook marketplace had one for sale it is a rug. I enquired and the woman purchased it for $259 and was reselling for $150 as it was to big for her room. Originally purchased from a company in Singapore. Contact me if you require more information. It is annoying but the designers must be more pro active in stopping this activity. It took me 5 minutes to locate the company selling these.

#93 BonnieClyde 2019-11-27 12:38

For sale as a floor mat 26/11/2019 also available for resale on Facebook marketplace purchased for $250 fo4 sale at $150. Original purchase through company in Singapore.

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