Farmer's Daughter
A five-patch of squares and half-square triangles: the outer triangle halves join the edge squares into four arrow shapes that point at the corners, around a centre nine-patch with a contrasting plus.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Grid Type
- five-patch
- Piece Count
- 33
- Tags
- five-patchhstbeginnertraditional
- Also appears in
- Five and Seven Patch
Construction Tips
Same unit layout as Sister's Choice, but the triangle halves that touch the edge squares take the edge-square fabric.
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