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Orange Crush!!
Part 5!
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Make 20 album Blocks!
Where
is the ORANGE in ORANGE CRUSH you say? RIGHT HERE! And there is
lots
of it! I can hear you saying "ABOUT TIME!" But as always I saved
the
best for last. The orange is what pulls everything together and
you
will see where this quilt got it's name.
Isn't this a fun block? Traditionally known simply as 'Album' , it
makes the perfect connector blocs for our spinning stars.
From
orange fabric cut 120 3.5" squares.
From blue fabric cut 20 3.5" squares.
Lay
out pieces as shown for each 'Album' block. My
oranges are constant through the quilt, but my blues are all scrappy
indigos.
Construct the block as you would a simple 9 patch, sewing the units
into rows, and then joining the rows together to complete each block.
Make 20 blocks. (I got so carried away, I was thinking of the spinning
star blocks we just made in the last clue, and ended up with 35 Album
blocks as well! OOPS! Now I'll have to make something else with the 15
extra blocks....hmmmmm... :c) Press blocks well. The seams will
want
to press towards the orange blocks. That's just fine. it's hard
to
tell you which way to press these exactly, because it all depends on
how you are going to twist and turn them to lay them out in the quilt.
In this case, I generally press the seams which way they want to lay
the flattest, and deal with fixing the pressing later when I need to
join it to something else.
Make 18
Half-Album Blocks!
You
should have left over orange squares after piecing the album blocks
above. You will use some of them up here! Along with the orange
squares, you will need more of your split 4patches and your half-split
4 patches.
Cut some 3.5" strips from
your blue
fabrics. With your easy angle, cut 18 half square triangle units
using
the 3.5" measurement on the ruler. These triangles go along the
edge
of the quilt, but the borders will stabilize them. I was using my
narrower cuts of imported Da Gama indigoes and I didn't want to cut
bigger squares and then cut them with an X. I didn't have the width to
deal with. If you want to do the "other" rotary method so the straight
of the grain is on the ege of the quilt, cut 5 5.5" squares and slice
them diagonally twice with an X. 2 will be left over.
When
you lay these out, make sure that your half split 4patches are pointing
the right direction. You made mirror images of these, remember?
Each
half block takes one of each. Lay out the pieces as shown and
stitch
them together as above. Press well. Make 18.
  
Make 4 Quarter
Album Blocks!
If I counted right, you
should have
4 pairs of half-split 4 patches and 4 orange squares left. (If I
counted wrong, go ahead and forgive me, and cut these! :cD) You
also
need 4 corner squares from your blue fabrics to top off these
blocks.
Cut 4 triangles from a 2.5" blue strip using the easy angle, or
cut
two 2 7/8" squares, stack them, and slice once on the diagonal to give
you the 4 corner triangles that you need for these block units.
If you've made it this far, you deserve a piece of Mary's
Pecan Cheesecake Pie too!
Ingredients
1/2 (15-oz.)
package refrigerated piecrusts
1 (8-oz.)
package cream cheese, softened
4 large
eggs, divided
3/4 cup sugar,
divided
2 teaspoons vanilla
extract, divided
1/4 teaspoon salt
1
1/4 cups chopped pecans
1 cup light
corn syrup
Preparation
1. Fit piecrust into a 9-inch pie plate according to
package directions. Fold edges under, and crimp.
2.
Beat cream cheese, 1 egg, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla, and salt at
medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Pour cream cheese
mixture into piecrust; sprinkle evenly with chopped pecans.
3.
Whisk together corn syrup and remaining 3 eggs, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1
tsp. vanilla; pour mixture over pecans. Place pie on a baking sheet.
4.
Bake at 350° on lowest oven rack 50 to 55 minutes or until pie is
set.
Cool on a wire rack 1 hour or until completely cool. Serve immediately,
or cover and chill up to 2 days.
 Questions
or Comments? I would love to hear from you!!
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