Well, I had to jump up and go try it. I did it, in fact, with fabrics recently purchased of abdconsultant (I'm sorry... did I say I wasn't purchasing any fabric these days...? Don't pay any attention to that man behind the curtain...)
The most difficult part was sewing smoothly in a circle. I have a 30-year-old "electronic" Singer, so it was completely free motion.
A couple of things (well, three):
1. The square's measurements should fit into the *finished* circle, not the pre-cut circle. I used a 5" (across) circle and a 3" square; square should probably have been 2-7/8 or even 2.75
2. Get the "hole" for turning inside out as small as possible to make for a smoother closing curve.
3. When sewing my first two finished circles together, I accidentally put the wrong two sides together, but before I ripped it out, I looked at it and decided I liked the alternating look.
Here's the front. Oh by the way, it looks like it takes four 5" circles to get a length of 11" once the edges are folded in, so sixteen 5" circles results in an 11" square.
p.s. I feel drawn to put something at the intersection of the four circles-- like a fun button or something.
p.p.s. These four circles took me about 1.5 hours from cutting through quilting.
Cut size: 5" circles
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