if its in a magazine or book, the authors want you to make it. Just not copy and I do mean copy and sell it. However, have you looked at the quilts in magazines. Most are just recycled traditional patterns made with the full line of a manufacturer's current fabric. A good case a few years ago was about a "Dear Jane" quilt. Someone made it and posted on ebay. The problem was not that the quilt had been made because it belongs to a museum in Vt but that it was advertised as a "dear Jane" quilt and that term is copyrighted.