Brave World/ Brave New World/Cats Cradle

This is a title that is given to both a block and the subunit that is one quarter of the block.  

The block is a variation of the pinwheel block formed from HST's

This example is from Patchwork Square

This example is from Generations Quilts  Brave World Quilt Block Tutorial: 4", 5", 6" and 8" finished

This example is also from Generations Quilts  and is paper pieced  Brave World Quilt Block Unit Variation: 2", 3" and 4" finished

This is a variation on the same subunit (again PP) that adds an extra diagonal stripe Brave World Quilt Block Unit Variation: 2", 3" and 4" finished

Karen Brown did a study of the unit here

Although there are otherYouTube tutorials they are not in English as there first language - turn on the autotranslate and  away you go!

This block is based on a 2x2 grid - other 2x2 blocks