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nativetexan 07-28-2012 07:31 AM

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this may be the back side but it's what i did with my circular attachment to my Janome.

Dianna77984 07-28-2012 07:46 AM

Save money and just tape a regular thumb tack, point up, 1/2 distance from needle will make a circle twice that size and you can use any decorative stitch you want to. Use several strips f tape to prevent the tack from slipping. Play with it, you will be a mazed what all you can do.

kcferrel 07-28-2012 10:17 AM


Originally Posted by nygal (Post 5396582)
I was watching a quilting video today on "The Quilt Show" website (which I love) and saw a quilter using a circular attachment. I never new there was one. I found one for my Brother machine and I am considering ordering it very soon. I would have loved to use it on my Crazy Quilt.

Do you have this attachment and how do you like it?

For those that don't know what it is ..here is a short video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhnfdecldpU

First, I want to say what a wonderful resource youtube is,this is a great video... I am going to go do some round ribbon on a crazy quilt!
I have one of these circle attachments and it came with my Bernina, yes I have used it on several occasions and I like it... but if it had not come with my machine I don't know that I would have made the additional purchase.
I actually used this to create some circle appliques... use the attachment to tack down a piece of fabric, cut the extra fabric, now restitch with a decorative stitch.
easy peasy...

Tartan 07-28-2012 10:35 AM

The concept intrigues me but I can't think of things to do it with. You have to have the fabric quite stiff for it to feed properly in a circle. I would have to put stabilizer or wonder under onto the fabric to stitch the edge. If I use a fancy stitch the ends are not going to meet up properly. If I straight stitch the edge then I suppose you could use it for raw edge circles on top of another fabric square and carefully cut away the extra fabric. I could stitch a circle with a dryer sheet on top of the right side and then turn for Drunkard's Path blocks. All the things I think of would make a stiffer appliqué. What am I missing?

nativetexan 07-28-2012 10:40 AM

I originally thought of using it to quilt circles on a quilt like I've seen others do. just a regular stitch. But I haven't done that yet. not fond of poking holes in my quilt and the quilt going through the throat of my machine could make it come off of the tack if I wasn't careful.
doing blocks like this with decorative stitches and then putting them together as a QAYG would work fine though.

canuckninepatch 07-28-2012 05:13 PM

I have one for my Janome 3600 and it was invaluable making flannel nursing pads for my daughter. I used 3 layers of white flannelette, cut a square bigger than the size I wanted to make and used an embroidery scallop stitch in a circle the size I wanted. Then I trimmed around the scalloped edge with small scissors. My daughter loved them, they were easy to toss into the wash, they were absorbent, and it saved using disposables.

canuckninepatch 07-28-2012 05:17 PM

that scallop stitch, nativetexan, is the one I used with my circular attachment to make washable nursing pads (3 layers of flannel)

sewnsewer2 07-28-2012 06:37 PM

I have one for my Bernina, don't use it much tho.

vickig626 07-29-2012 05:34 AM


Originally Posted by Tartan (Post 5401024)
The concept intrigues me but I can't think of things to do it with. You have to have the fabric quite stiff for it to feed properly in a circle. I would have to put stabilizer or wonder under onto the fabric to stitch the edge. If I use a fancy stitch the ends are not going to meet up properly. If I straight stitch the edge then I suppose you could use it for raw edge circles on top of another fabric square and carefully cut away the extra fabric. I could stitch a circle with a dryer sheet on top of the right side and then turn for Drunkard's Path blocks. All the things I think of would make a stiffer appliqué. What am I missing?

For the drunkard's path I'm working on - I use a cut-away stabilizer and trim out the stabilizer "after" I turn and applique the circle on and cut in the 4 blocks. You could also use wash-away stabilizer "after" the sew down.

As for having to use stiffer stabilizer, that's not really necessary. I help guide the fabric around simply by having my hand just under the fabric to keep it level and moving freely.

nygal 07-29-2012 05:48 AM


Originally Posted by BellaBoo (Post 5397487)
I bought the flower stitch foot to sew circles. It's cheap and works great. The circles aren't very big but what I wanted to make. http://www.internetsalesusa.com/flow...wing-machines/

I'm not sure how often I'd use circles but I'd like the option to. I would probably buy the flower one first to see how I liked that and if I found I used it often enough then I'd buy the more expensive kind which seems to offer a bigger variety of styles and sizes.

My next big purchase this week is going to be an ipad.:o


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