With apologies to Eliot's "Old Possum"
"The naming of quilts is a difficult matter, It isn't just one of your holiday games"
I have finally (all bar the binding, and I want the label to be incorporated) finished the blue and white quilt I started way back when Noah was a lad. (Ecstatic Dancing etc.)
The pattern is called 'Oh My Stars!' and came from a book called "Quick Method Favourite Quilts" published by Leisure Arts, Arkansas. I have followed the pattern, more or less, with a few tweaks here and there, completely different fabrics, and some changes to the quilting pattern.
There is no one designer acknowledged.
Do I have to call my quilt 'Oh my Stars!' ? What is the protocol? Obviously if I entered a competition with it (some chance!) I would acknowledge, with thanks, the origin of the pattern, because it isn't my design, but I hate the name.
Am I honour-bound to maintain the original name? I am aware TANQP, but this has been bugging me to the point where I've put it away unfinished to avoid the problem.
If I did (for the sake of argument) decide to exhibit it, besides acknowledging the pattern, would that change anything? What do other people do?
All suggestions gratefully received. I've never had this dilemma before, because either the design has been my own, or the quilt is unfinished, or unlabeled, or perm any of the above.
Nel (Gadget Queen)