Quilt Notes: The CHINESE GONGS quilt block is traced back to Nancy Cabot's quilt column in the Chicago Tribune in 1937. It is illustrated in 5,500 Quilt Blocks by Maggie Malone, as well as Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. The gongs are drafted in unique and beautiful proportions: see with 14 x 14 GRID.