When I bought my Rocketeer, the first quilt I made was a mock cathedral quilt. The instructions said to cut my fabric into circles and sew them together. I thought, "To heck with trying to sew perfectly around circles! I'll sew them into circles first, then cut them." So I measured out onto my cabinet, put a sticker to mark the spot, and used masking tape to hold a thumb tack point-upward. I put squares on the tack, spun them to be sure all I had the fabric centered well, and hit the pedal. I just watched the stitches go in a perfect circle - over and over and over.

I notice that, so far, no one has said, "Gee that thumb tack idea sounds good." So I guess nobody wants to try the homemade solution.

Oh, and I stuck a rubber eraser over the tack to keep the fabric in place while sewing.

Tate

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I decided that I'd prefer using the homemade one instead of spending the 32 for one. I was taught in a class how to use some tape, thumb tack and a pencil eraser (the ones like on top of a auto pencil) and it works great and does the same thing. You just move the thumb tack depending on how large you want your circle and it's universal. I don't mind buying things for my machine but if I don't have to then I don't.

check the post that came after yours; I keep my thumb tack and tape right by my machine. No since in wasting money if you don't have to. Most of my class did it this way and the ones who had the circular attachment their blocks were as good as the ones who used the tack.

You are making this way to difficult. We made quilt blocks and used fancy stitches; no stabilizer needed. Sometimes we have a tendacy to over think things; it really is very simple. Try it with the thumb tack/tape and eraser head and see if you like it.