Quilt Notes: THE X PATCH, also called THE LETTER X (LADIES ART COMPANY LAC, #279, dated 1897), is illustrated in Rhoda Ochser Goldberg's NEW QUILTING AND PATCHWORK DICTIONARY as a 9-patch block. Other designs at this site, with a letter of the alphabet as part of the name, include, THE XQUISITE, Y-BRIDGE, also Z AND CROSS, T QUARTETTE and V-BLOCK. The decorative patterns used in the fill for both illustrations above are borrowed from fractal designs, chosen from hundreds of fascinating geometric configurations and fractal art, available at Wikipedia Commons.