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A Quilt Made of Squares

I am thinking of making a quilt from an illustration that appeared on the cover of an old Scientific American magazine. Here's a sketch of what it looks like:

I know that:

  • all of the pieces are squares
  • the area of C is 64 square inches
  • the area of D is 81 square inches

Will the finished shape be a square?

Extra: What's the area of the quadrilateral?