Quilt Notes: GEORGETOWN CIRCLES is illustrated in Maggie Malone's full-color 5,500 QUILT BLOCK DESIGNS (#2025). It also appears under the singular GEORGETOWN CIRCLE, dating back to at least Ruth Finley's OLD PATCHWORK QUILTS AND WOMEN WHO MADE THEM, 1929. And illustrated left, from Nancy Cabot's famous 1930's Chicago Tribune collection (January 26, 1933), a similar design but with more emphasis on the circle created by the irregular octagon. (See additional names in Barbara Brackman's ENCYCLOPEDIA, #2048). The decorative pattern used in the center fill for this illustration is borrowed from a fractal design, chosen from hundreds of fascinating geometric configurations and fractal art available at Wikipedia Commons — compare with PATIENCE CORNERS. Additional designs at this site celebrating octagons, include GRANDMA'S SURPRISE and PIGEON TOES.