Quilt!

[Lepplady]

Check out this quilt somebody made of Sai King's book covers. I didn't make it, I wish I'd thought of it.

I wonder... does the issue of copyright come up when it comes to using book covers like this?
How would a person get permission to do that? Or do they even need to?

 

[Dana Jean]

Check out this quilt somebody made of Sai King's book covers. I didn't make it, I wish I'd thought of it.
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I wonder... does the issue of copyright come up when it comes to using book covers like this?
How would a person get permission to do that? Or do they even need to?

I think for personal use it would be fine. But if they went to sell it???? That might be a different issue.

We'll ask our professional Stephen King authority and Quilt Maker the question.

Moderator

 

[Lepplady]

I think for personal use it would be fine. But if they went to sell it???? That might be a different issue.

We'll ask our professional Stephen King authority and Quilt Maker the question.

Moderator

Thanks. That quilt is for sale, but I didn't want to post the link to it because I don't think that's allowed (even though I'm not the one selling it).

 

[Lepplady]

Wait... we have other quilt makers here? I'll have to run over to the Chattery Teeth board and start a thread. Woo!

 

[Dana Jean]

Wait... we have other quilt makers here? I'll have to run over to the Chattery Teeth board and start a thread. Woo!

Quilt thread would have to go in self promotion.

 

[Lepplady]

Quilt thread would have to go in self promotion.

Okay, cool.

 

[GNTLGNT]

 

[Dana Jean]

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There is nothing like a cat when you are laying out your quilt pieces to give a look at placement. My cats have come flying out of nowhere to slide through my quilt pieces! And of course, I am cussing them out like a sailor.

 

[Lepplady]

There is nothing like a cat when you are laying out your quilt pieces to give a look at placement. My cats have come flying out of nowhere to slide through my quilt pieces! And of course, I am cussing them out like a sailor.

It's not finished if you haven't had to pick cat hair out of your seams yet. That's how it works at my house, anyway. And Brutus the wonder cat has LOTS of hair.

 

[Dana Jean]

It's not finished if you haven't had to pick cat hair out of your seams yet. That's how it works at my house, anyway. And Brutus the wonder cat has LOTS of hair.

my boys do to. and it's woven with love somewhere on everything I make.

 

[Lepplady]

my boys do to. and it's woven with love somewhere on everything I make.

Woven with love. I like that. I'm going to put it in my disclaimer. Quilts made in a feline-friendly environment, so a few cat hairs might be woven in with love.

 

[Dana Jean]

Check out this quilt somebody made of Sai King's book covers. I didn't make it, I wish I'd thought of it.
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I wonder... does the issue of copyright come up when it comes to using book covers like this?
How would a person get permission to do that? Or do they even need to?

I wish there was a tutorial of this. This would be a super cute baby quilt with kid book covers.

 

[Lepplady]

I wish there was a tutorial of this. This would be a super cute baby quilt with kid book covers.

It looks pretty straight forward. 6"x8" book covers sewn together, a 1" border of the background galaxy print, a 2" border printed with "Stephen King" and some book titles (from the covers), a 3" (maybe 4") border of the background galaxy print, and (maybe) half an inch binding showing on each side, front and back. I can't get a close enough look at it to see if it's quilted at all beyond a straight stitch binding around the covers and borders. Wouldn't be too hard to make, I think.

 

[Lepplady]

Covers and binding could be resized smaller for a baby quilt. And the fun part is that you can print the book cover panels yourself. You know the freezer paper method?

 

[Spideyman]

I wish there was a tutorial of this. This would be a super cute baby quilt with kid book covers.

Dana Jean--- I would assume it is done like a tee shirt quilt. There used to be a product for transferring photos to tee shirts. One could do something similar using any book cover. Thus making quilt squares for assembly.

Spoiler: tee shirt quilt

How to Make a Quilt from Tee Shirts

 

[Lepplady]

I got a better look at the quilt on the site where they're selling it. They have a zoom in. It looks like it's quilted with simple straight diagonal lines.


While I was looking for this image, I found a good few Stephen King themed items for sale on different sites. Some even have his picture.

 

[Lepplady]

Dana Jean--- I would assume it is done like a tee shirt quilt. There used to be a product for transferring photos to tee shirts. One could do something similar using any book cover. Thus making quilt squares for assembly.

Spoiler: tee shirt quilt

How to Make a Quilt from Tee Shirts

That's an awesome tutorial!
Band tour tee shirt quilts can be made the same way using the tour dates from the back of the tee sewn together for the quilt backing to coordinate with that gig on the front.

 

[Moderator]

Check out this quilt somebody made of Sai King's book covers. I didn't make it, I wish I'd thought of it.
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I wonder... does the issue of copyright come up when it comes to using book covers like this?
How would a person get permission to do that? Or do they even need to?

The artwork is owned by the artists or publishers (I don't know how that works if it's an on-staff artist) so permission would need to be granted by them although as Dana Jean said, if it was just for personal use chances are it wouldn't be a big deal.