Lady of the Lake
A large half-square triangle framed by sixteen small half-square triangles that all face the same way, light above the diagonal and dark below it in the centre, with the small units reversed.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Grid Type
- five-patch
- Piece Count
- 34
- Tags
- five-patchhstbeginnertraditional
- Also appears in
- Five and Seven Patch
Construction Tips
Sew a strip of three small units to each side of the large unit, then a strip of five to the top and bottom.
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