Hens and Chickens
Laid out like Bear's Paw, but the small triangles sit with their long sides against the outer edge and share the corner-square fabric, so each large square is trimmed with a sawtooth of chickens.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Grid Type
- seven-patch
- Piece Count
- 45
- Tags
- seven-patchhstintermediatetraditional
- Also appears in
- Five and Seven Patch
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Grid Type
- seven-patch
- Piece Count
- 45
- Tags
- seven-patchhstintermediatetraditional
- Also appears in
- Five and Seven Patch
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