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Instructions for drawing 90 degree arc.
From experimentation I have determined that to draw one quarter of a circle,(90
degree arc) in Quilt Pro using the Bezier Curve tool, one should use approximately
a 2 to 1 ratio of vertical to horizontal measurement as shown in Figure 3. Tag placement is a 2 to 1 ratio.
Delete Triangles from workspace, they will not be needed again.a. Click on To prepare to complete the patch, move Curve to far right of the workspace.
Instructions for drawing center shape.1. Duplicate the Curve you have moved to the far right.
2. Move duplicate to the left side of workspace and flip horizontal. To complete:
3. Duplicate
curve again. (refer above if needed)
5. Now we will create the center patch from the 4 curves. See Figure 7.
6.To create the center patch, join all the curves .
Complete the outside curves shown in Figure 9. NOTE: There are 2 curves forming the orange peel.1. To begin: Select the Snap-to-Grid in the Tool Bar.
4.
Position duplicate curve on top of center patch right curve. See Figure 9
above.
To complete the last 3 organge peel patches.1. Select the right orange peel patch. 2. In the Edit menu select Duplicate. 3. Rotate right the duplicate orange peel and position along the bottom of the center patch. 4. Repeat step 1-3 above for Left and Top Patch. Release
the Snap-to-Grid if needed. Completed block will be shaped look like this one.
Before saving the Block, clean up the Workspace by deleting the original curve. 1. Select the original curve at the top right on the screen. 2. Hit the keyboard Delete Key. To save the Orange Peel block to the Block Library:
2. Select Folder choice or create a new folder. 3. Type Block Name in File Name Section. 4. Click
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Dedicated
to Supporting The Expressive Quilter
Drafting lesson for 
Many
blocks have the orange peel and/or the center patch as part of their design .
Learning to draw the shapes in Figure 1 will assist you in drawing many different
pieced and applique blocks. Not only are the shapes and portions of the shapes
useful but the concept used in drawing them will prove useful in drawing the examples
below. 
In
the Block menu select New.
In
the Options menu select Screen Setting. 
In the Tools Menu, select the Snap-to-Grid option 
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from the Tool Bar and draw an arc by connecting the three points:
(select tool) in Tool Bar. Cursor changes to 
(select tool) on Main Screen. 
(move tool) and black nodes and dashed lines appear around selected. 
a.
Click on 
the curve horizontal.
7.
Select the last two curves that will form the right orange peel (instructions
above if needed) 
1.
Go to the Block Menu and select Save As. The Block Save As dialogue box opens.
