Originally Posted by
Justlucy
I have been working on some snowpeople but I cannot stitch around the O's they use for eyes, andmouth pieces. I did mine on the sewing machine. If anyone has any suggestions would help. Do I need to sew these by hand? Also the girl ones have hearts for buttons, the boys have just more round circles. I am just using a Brother sewing machine, no special stitches only zigzag. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Just Lucy, I have been using this method for a long time, always get a smooth edged circle.
Purchase a pack of circle reinforcements ( the kind used on looseleaf paper to protect the page, you can find them at walmart in their stationery dept)
trace the circle on the wrong side of the fabric, cut out leaving a scant 1/8th seam allowance.
Now place the circle, sticky side up on the back of the fabric, hold in place with your left thumb and trim into the circle within a thread or 2 of the edge of the paper. Now finger press the seam allowance up onto the sticky side around the circle and applique in place with whatever method you like.
To remove the paper circle, with pull it out just before you finish sewing around the circle, or cut a small hole in the back of the fabric, being careful and pull it out. To be truthful, I leave it in, have not had a problem doing that.