Quilt Notes: The quilt design called MAYFLOWER was published in Nancy Cabot's quilt column in the Chicago Daily Tribune in on July 27, 1934, where she notes the block enjoying a new popularity at that time. Here it has been updated again and modernized with fractal patterns for the fabric designs. (Cabot uses only solids but the simplicity of the design invites more exotic fabric choices). The geometric design used for the star is called a "Mandlebrot Set," and the background a "Fibonacci Word Fractal," made up of tiny octagons, similar to the figure illustrated below. Cabot sold pattern templates for the quilt designs she illustrated via the newspaper for a mere 5 cents each !! See more illustrations and read about fractals at Wikipedia along with more examples of FWF fractals.

"Mayflower" of course refers to the clipper ship that transported the "Pilgrims" to Plymouth, Massachusetts, from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England.