Alaska Homestead
Four large half-square triangle units in the corners with their inner halves framing a centre cross of five squares, the edge and centre squares in one fabric and the squares between them in another.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Grid Type
- five-patch
- Piece Count
- 17
- Tags
- five-patchhstbeginnertraditional
- Also appears in
- Five and Seven Patch
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