Originally Posted by romanojg

I had a teacher show me how to do circles and the cost is under a $. You use a thumb tack with a piece of tape on it so that you can tape it (pointed side up) to your machine then put your material on it and you a pencil eraser (I used one from the mechanical pencil) on the tack to hold the material down. Where ever you put the tack at will be the center of the circle and it almost walks itself around as you sew. I keep it taped to the side of my machine. Janome wanted $36 for the attachment that did the same thing. This will work with all machines. Sorry, I didn't see the above until after I posted this. It really does work

Originally Posted by Holice

We did a project at a quilt show using the thumb tack method.
The design was to applique circles onto squares for the blocks.
We set the thumb tack and sewed a bastng stitch circle and then cut out the circle leaving about a 1/2" seam allowance outside the stitching. Then we took a used CD and placed in center and drew up the basting threads and tied the thread. Evened out the edges and pressed with a steam iron and had a perfect circle that then was machine appliqued to the square. Cut the circle from the back of the appliqeed circle and then trimmed the seam allowance. It made a really quick block. The heat from the iron didn't effect the cd.

Originally Posted by zennia

Check this out. Maybe you can save some money. I have never tried it.

http://3creativestudios.com/freeprojects/circle.pdf

Originally Posted by dixiebelle162002

Thanks for the great information. I think I will have to try this one myself!