This "repackaging" is very common in the publishing industry. For
about 15 years I sold patterns to Better Homes and Gardens. They
bought all rights. The project would first appear in one of their
"Special Interest" publications which are sold on the news stand.
Later the design would appear in any book where it fit the theme.
Often these decisions seemed to be based on the quality of the
photograph rather than the quality of the design. One particularly
silly project with a sports theme was photographed with the local high
school football team. It has appeared in many books and I am sure it
is because of the photograph because the project itself was very
impractical. It is funny to be leafing through a newly published book
and see something I made 15 years ago.

Susan

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 06:08:32 -0500, "Nann Hilyard"
wrote:

...and I don't mean ripping fabric.

Yesterday's mail brought a flyer from Oxmoor House advertising The Big Book
of Scrap Quilts. I leafed through it and recognized all the quilts that
were pictured. Some have been published in the "Great American Quilts"
series, some in books such as Quick & Easy Scrap Quilts, and of those many
were published in a book called 100 Favorite Quilts (that's not quite the
title, but close).

I conclude that Oxmoor bought the quilts and the rights to the designs from
the quilters and has just packaged and repackaged the patterns.

With all the varieties of quilting, new techniques, and new fabrics, you'd
think Oxmoor would keep on acquiring new quilts and new ideas.

Nann
noting that this book costs $8.99 in "four monthly installments" -- plus
postage -- though it does come with a little cutting mat and a cheapo rotary
cutter (oooh!) . . . oh, yes: "If you're not head-over-heels delighted, use
Merchandise Return Label below to send the book back. We'll gladly pay
return postage." So the return label is in the order flyer!!