Fool's Square
A Sister's Choice-style star whose corner squares are half-square triangles, with dark triangles at the four outer corners echoing the dark centre square.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Grid Type
- five-patch
- Piece Count
- 37
- Tags
- five-patchhstbeginnertraditional
- Also appears in
- Five and Seven Patch
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