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tymia 03-17-2013 04:33 AM
Tutorial on how to sew circles perfectly
 
I am looking for the tutorial showed how to sew a circle on your machine perfectly. It used some kind of a common household item. Please help me find it.

tymia 03-17-2013 04:37 AM
Looking for tutorial on how to sew perfect circles on any machine
 
A while back there was a tutorial on how to sew perfect circles using your sewing machine. I need to find the tut, can you help?

Tartan 03-17-2013 05:14 AM
Was it an inserted circle under the top fabric (reverse appliqué) an appliqué circle or a pieced into a fabric square circle like Drunkard's path? If you cannot find a tutorial in the main tutorial section, you can look at older tutorials in the tutorial archive.

nanac 03-17-2013 05:32 AM
This question was just asked very recently. I believe it was a stickpin or thumbtack. If you type "sewing a perfect circle" into the search bar at the top of the page, it should take you to all the postings for that subject.

humbird 03-17-2013 05:39 AM
Not sure about a tutorial, but I believe I saw on Sewing With Nancy to take a thumb tack, push it thru masking tape from the "non sticky" side, then tape it to your machine bed. Position the fabric over the point of the thumb tack, and just sew. Not sure how well it works. Never tired it myself but it sounds doable. Hope someone comes up with a tute for you. Good luck.

marslaura 03-17-2013 05:48 AM
Was this the tutorial you wanted? To go direct to it Click : http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...n-t213172.html
I think it was on page 3 near the top

garysgal 03-17-2013 05:48 AM
Is this what you are looking for? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAKKxA5sH4A Not sure if you could adapt a regular ruler to be used like the one she is using, but you could try.

ghostrider 03-17-2013 05:48 AM
Originally Posted by humbird (Post 5933816)
Not sure about a tutorial, but I believe I saw on Sewing With Nancy to take a thumb tack, push it thru masking tape from the "non sticky" side, then tape it to your machine bed. Position the fabric over the point of the thumb tack, and just sew. Not sure how well it works. Never tired it myself but it sounds doable. Hope someone comes up with a tute for you. Good luck.
Wouldn't you have to push the thumbtack through the tape from the sticky side in order to have the point sticking up on the smooth side so your fabric would revolve when you stitch?

EasyPeezy 03-17-2013 10:03 AM
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...s-t210681.html

http://thehabygoddess.blogspot.ca/20...w-perfect.html

humbird 03-17-2013 02:03 PM
Originally Posted by ghostrider (Post 5933837)
Wouldn't you have to push the thumbtack through the tape from the sticky side in order to have the point sticking up on the smooth side so your fabric would revolve when you stitch?
Whoops!!! yes, you're right!! DUH Sorry!

RUSewing 03-17-2013 04:58 PM
EasyPeasy. The link was so very helpful!

joym 03-18-2013 02:51 AM
coffee filters can be used

reginalovesfabric 03-18-2013 10:43 AM
use a commercial tea maker filter, iron it and sew on it, rip the paper off and wa la you have a perfect cirlce

tate_elliott 03-18-2013 04:33 PM
Here's my reply on another thread about sewing circles. I hope the picture of the quilt comes through.

Tate

Originally Posted by tate_elliott (Post 5403350)
When I bought my Rocketeer, the first quilt I made was a mock cathedral quilt. The instructions said to cut my fabric into circles and sew them together. I thought, "To heck with trying to sew perfectly around circles! I'll sew them into circles first, then cut them." So I measured out onto my cabinet, put a sticker to mark the spot, and used masking tape to hold a thumb tack point-upward. I put squares on the tack, spun them to be sure all I had the fabric centered well, and hit the pedal. I just watched the stitches go in a perfect circle - over and over and over.

Oh, and I stuck a rubber eraser over the tack to keep the fabric in place while sewing.

Tate

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Tashana 03-18-2013 06:06 PM
Originally Posted by tate_elliott (Post 5937548)
Here's my reply on another thread about sewing circles. I hope the picture of the quilt comes through.

Tate
Well, that is simply brilliant. Thank you!

GramMER 03-19-2013 04:00 AM
I usually like Nancy's tutorials and hers was good, but just look at all the expensive equipment! This little tutorial is cheap and probably would work just as well.

GramMER 03-19-2013 04:04 AM
Originally Posted by tate_elliott (Post 5937548)
Here's my reply on another thread about sewing circles. I hope the picture of the quilt comes through.

Tate
Oh, just look at the mock cathedral window, but the best part of the picture for me was the old Singer. It is one edition newer than mine. My Singer is almost 60 years old and has done a wonderful job for me!

tessagin 03-19-2013 06:57 AM
I just looked at the video from "garysgal" and believe I'm going to invest in the "CIRCLE SEW SIMPLE" Why not make sewing as simple and easy as possible? The tack in the video has a safety cover for it.

dollycaswell 03-19-2013 11:25 AM
Yes, you're right ghostrider, up thru the sticky side and FYI, I've done it with the thumbtack before and believe it or not, it works!! The biggest difference between this "homemade" tool and the $40-$80 ones is you have to fiddle with it more and measure from the needle etc to get an EXACT size on our circle. If you don't need it EXACT, then the tack works great.


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