36 hours ago, I found a quilt of mine being offered as a fuzzy printed blanket. There were other quilters works as well. I won, as much as I think you can. I yelled at them significantly via email. Now both their facebook page sales page with my quilt are down.
I’m actually somewhat convinced that this was a scam from both ends. Not only did they steal my image, I don’t think they were prepared to create a blanket from it. I think they scammed it straight across the board. I don’t believe anyone got a blanket who ordered on because I don’t believe they really made any.
Don’t have any idea what to say about that. It bespeaks of anonymous dishonesty that the web is full of, but I don’t believe it was necessarily Chinese. It looks like it might be Canadian or for Us. It doesn’t matter. It helps if you can’t see your victims face.
If you have been quilting for a while, and have images out there, you might want to look around to see if someone is using them. But we have to ask the question of how to stop this and I don’t have any real answers.

I do have an answer to something I’ve struggled with all my life. I’ve never been any good at backing down a bully. It was really rewarding to demand my quilt removed and have that honored. I don’t think that’s a star for US Trendy Gear. But it does remind me I have a voice of my own and the right to scream a bully or a thief down. There’s a glow to that in this mess. I may be small, but I be mighty!

There’s also the glow from the many quilters I’ve worked with over the years that supported me here. I am always grateful for the decency and kindness of the quilting community. and honored to be among them. Love you all!