Rolling Stone
A nine patch with square-in-a-square corners, two-strip side units and a plain centre; the on-point corner squares and outer strips form a light ring around a dark cross.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Grid Type
- nine-patch
- Piece Count
- 29
- Tags
- nine-patchsquare-in-squarestrip-setintermediatetraditional
- Also appears in
- Nine Patch
Construction Tips
Make the corner units with stitch-and-flip corners or by adding triangles to an on-point square; keep the dark strip of each side unit next to the centre.
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