Originally Posted by bearisgray
Interestingly enough, the quilt made by Jane A. Stickle - completed during the civil war - seems to be a money maker for the author of the Dear Jane book, Brenda Manges Papadakis.
People find the original quilt charming, and Papadakis wrote down some instructions how to make those squares.
Her instructions are copyrighted.
Anyone could probably look at the original quilt and reproduce fairly accurately the patches that make up the quilt, but it's a lot of work,
and buying someone's already-developed instructions is waaay easier than making it all up from scratch.