This. Is. Big. Our beloved Mollie Johanson of Wild Olive is now licensing her embroidery designs for commercial use!!! Go to her blog post for details.
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Young Lady in a Hammock Hand Embroidery Pattern – Etsy Review
This one has such a peaceful, dreamy feel to it. The Printable Young Lady Sit in a Hammock Reading Her Book pattern from EmbroideryAndMind is a digital download for hand embroidery, and Etsy lists it as including 4 PDF files… Read More ...
Woot! And her designs are so adorable!!!!!!
This is unnecessary. When you buy a hand embroidery pattern you can legally sell the finished product.
Source: http://www.tabberone.com/Trademarks/CopyrightLaw/EmbroideryDesigns.shtml
Kate, you may want to do some additional research. The article you cited points out that if you buy an object, such as a dish towel or pillowcase, on which an embroidery design has been stamped or screen-printed, you may do what you want with that object, including reselling it before or after you embroider it. You cannot copy the design and embroider it on other objects without violating the designer’s copyright. A license grants you some rights to use a design multiple times. There’s lots of good information on the internet. You may want to do wider searches on design copyright and intellectual property.
Denise