Originally Posted by ckcowl

Very lovely! To make my circles I decided what size I needed, traced the circle on heavy card stock and carefully cut it out, then cut my fabric larger, ran a running stitch around the fabric circle, placed my cardboard circle in the center, sinched up the threads to draw the fabric smoothly around the cardboard then pressed it well, using starch. Then I was able to loosen the threads enough to remove the cardboard and re-press the circle with a nice smooth finished edge