It's funny when peeps know you quilt.......
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It's funny when peeps know you quilt.......
they think you can do anything with fabric. I don't make clothing, I quilt, big difference. I was persuaded to cut out 60 10" circles out of white fabric for vacation bible school. I was considering using the June Tailor or Stripology ruler to cut out 10" squares and using a template cutting off the corners. Will this work? Any other ideas, o wise ones?
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Certainly it would work . . .or you could fold fabric into fourths, tie string to a needle, or ther end to a pencil and draw a quarter circle, cut that and you'd have your circles. I think the string would need to be 5" but my husband does my math
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I think your idea sounds brilliant!
I know what you mean about people not understanding what you do. An acquaintance asked me about 3 months ago if I would "help" her with a blanket she wanted to make for her son using photos and putting them on the blanket. i said i had never done anything like that but could probably help her figure it out. Next thing I know it's last week and she shows up on my door with one of those huge fuzzy blankets from Target, a USB drive with photos and says "his birthday is Sunday, can you have this done by then?" and leaves. I am terrible at saying no, so with my daughter's help we managed to get it done Friday night. When she picked it up she said, "Oh I told all my friends what you were doing and now they want you to do one for them so how much would you charge?" I finally found my voice and said "HELL NO"!
Hopefully you can get this done quickly and get back to what you really love - QUILTING!
I know what you mean about people not understanding what you do. An acquaintance asked me about 3 months ago if I would "help" her with a blanket she wanted to make for her son using photos and putting them on the blanket. i said i had never done anything like that but could probably help her figure it out. Next thing I know it's last week and she shows up on my door with one of those huge fuzzy blankets from Target, a USB drive with photos and says "his birthday is Sunday, can you have this done by then?" and leaves. I am terrible at saying no, so with my daughter's help we managed to get it done Friday night. When she picked it up she said, "Oh I told all my friends what you were doing and now they want you to do one for them so how much would you charge?" I finally found my voice and said "HELL NO"!
Hopefully you can get this done quickly and get back to what you really love - QUILTING!
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It's as simple as ClaireVoyantQuilter stated. You can also invest in a compass. I have a couple of them for this very purpose of making circles and fans. They're in the school section. Tying a string on a tack will also work. Measure from the tack to the string measuring 5" out tied to a pencil will work. Use the tack to secure the center point. I really prefer the compass. Comes in really handy. no looking around for certain size saucers or lids or pots and pans. It's right with my quilting templates.
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