Originally Posted by Mamaskeeto
Originally Posted by kluedesigns
she hasn't posted yet about how she made such perfect circles.
we're all awaiting her return - i'm sure the lurkers want to know too.
Okay the circles were pretty easy to do. I traced the circle onto template plastic. After I cut the templates out I used an emery board to smooth the edges of the circle. I cut my fabric slightly larger than the template and did a running stitch around the edge of the fabric, put template in center of circle and pulled the stitches so fabric would wrap around the template. Tied the thread so fabric woulb be taut around template, pressed and startched the circle so it would hold its shape, removed the stitches and the template and used a tad of basting glue to hold edges down. Then I just appliqued it in place.
Hubby thinks I'm crazy because I cut 12 of these circle templates and work on 12 circles at a time. I even used my template plastic to make a template of the block and cut out the circles so I could lay the block template on the background fabric and just pin on the circles that push the circles through the cut out and I'm ready to sew. Sounds crazy I know but it works for me and I don't have to measure each and every block for placement of the circles.
That is how I do the circles for my drunkard's path only I baste them to the background and sew them on with my sewing machine. I put a seam about 1/8" from the edge of the circle. These are yoyos or so I thought. I could be wrong but that was what I thought they are called.
When I first started doing these this way I saw an article where some quilter used a penny to get the shape and size of a grape for what she was doing. I find washers (at least the ones I could find) and coins are too thick. I use a cardboard circle that I also use an emory board to sand down the edges. I tried using acrylic tempate plastic but I reuse mine alot and they tend to shrink abit from the heat of the iron. Cardboard works best for me.
I also like to use these as the center of my Dresden Kaleidoscopes. They work great for alot of things.