Originally Posted by
Faintly Artistic
You could put your background fabric on the Dresdens with right sides facing, then machine sew around your circle. Pull them apart in the middle and cut the excess fabric from the center leaving a seam allowance. Then flip it right side out. Just be careful not to cut through your Dresdens. Should give you a perfect circle.
I don't get this. If you do this as I think these directions say, your background fabric will be inside the two layers. These directions work well if you want to add a very thin backing to the circle in order to get a smooth line to the outside of the circle. Plate and backing are placed right sides together and sewn all around the outside. Seam allowances would be carefully trimmed and clipped. The thin backing is cut enough to get the plate birthed, to right sides out. Then that circle would be appliqued to the background in the method of your choosing. Good luck.