What If I Mix Up Two Blocks? Shoo Fly Friendship Star What if I make a Shoo Fly block and a Friendship Star block, cut them both into four pieces and then mix the pieces up? The result would be a new block. Actually, a bunch of new blocks. Here are some quilt designs using those blocks: You probably noticed I also played with how the blocks are colored. I'm sure there are more possibilities. But these will do for now.