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Old 09-07-2010, 07:30 AM
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Izy
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I made a quilt last year which was all circles (see picture below) :-D

1. Cut out exact size of circle you want from freezer paper.
2. Iron this onto fabric, trim around leaving 1/4" seam allowance.
3. Peel off and turn freezer paper over so sticky side is up pin back in place.
4. Using iron push edge of fabric over freezer paper, it will adhere to it,(no need to snip into fabric) keep iron at right angles to paper and you will get a perfect circle.
5. Place on background fabric, pin in place.
6. Use a straight stitch, sew as close to edge as possible.
7. Turn over and trim away inner background fabric, leaving 1/4" seam allowance.
8. Remove freezer paper.

Your block is complete!!

I use a small piece of wood on my ironing table, as I think you get a much sharper edge when you are ironing the edge down and can 'hear' a small crunch as it bonds to the freezer paper.

You can re-use the back ground fabric to make slightly smaller circles, so no waste!!

Have fun! :-D

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-22794-1.htm
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