Orange Peel
Also known as: Lafayette Orange Peel
Four square units, each holding a pointed oval (a peel) on its diagonal, turned so the four peels meet at the centre like a four-petal flower; each peel is bounded by two quarter-circle arcs as wide as the unit.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Grid Type
- curved
- Piece Count
- 12
- Tags
- curvedcurveadvancedtraditional
- Also appears in
- Curves
Construction Tips
Often appliqued; pieced, each unit is a peel set between two curved background pieces. Repeating the block makes peels meet at every block corner too.
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