I realised quite soon after designing this week’s sketch that I’d just recreated a traditional block: the Kansas star block. When I’m designing with basic shapes like squares and half-square triangles, it’s not hard to stumble across something that’s been done before. Often I’ll just shelve those ideas, but occasionally I’ll post them, particularly if they’re a little different (in appearance or construction) from what I’ve seen elsewhere. In this case, I haven’t managed to find a version of this block where the outer squares are all one colour, like I’ve shown here.
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