Help - Dresden circle
I am making my first ever Dresden plate and my blades are working well but the circle for the center is kicking my backside I have tried the turning inside out method and ironing under the edge no luck with either way. I get wonky uneven sides and they are not totally round. Any ideas. My next attempt will be to try fusing the circles down and just zig zag around the edges. I am lost on this one.
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cut a piece of thin cardboard the same size that you want the finished circle to be. Do a running stitch around the cloth circle and pull the thread up enclosing the cardboard in the fabric circle. Press the circle with cardboard inside and then remove it. This should give you a perfect circle.
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Cut circles from your fabric and a light-weight interfacing adding the seam allowance. Put them right sides together and stitch the circle shape all the way around. I mark the shape so I can follow along easier. Cut a slit in the back of interfacing and turn Right Side Out.
Use a glue stick to hold in place on the dresden and stitch down. Do you have the pivot function on your machine? It allows the needle to stay down in the fabric and you can turn the fabric. It may be called something else on other machines. |
Originally Posted by Eva Knight
(Post 8197973)
cut a piece of thin cardboard the same size that you want the finished circle to be. Do a running stitch around the cloth circle and pull the thread up enclosing the cardboard in the fabric circle. Press the circle with cardboard inside and then remove it. This should give you a perfect circle.
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Originally Posted by Eva Knight
(Post 8197973)
cut a piece of thin cardboard the same size that you want the finished circle to be. Do a running stitch around the cloth circle and pull the thread up enclosing the cardboard in the fabric circle. Press the circle with cardboard inside and then remove it. This should give you a perfect circle.
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Originally Posted by Eva Knight
(Post 8197973)
cut a piece of thin cardboard the same size that you want the finished circle to be. Do a running stitch around the cloth circle and pull the thread up enclosing the cardboard in the fabric circle. Press the circle with cardboard inside and then remove it. This should give you a perfect circle.
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Originally Posted by Eva Knight
(Post 8197973)
cut a piece of thin cardboard the same size that you want the finished circle to be. Do a running stitch around the cloth circle and pull the thread up enclosing the cardboard in the fabric circle. Press the circle with cardboard inside and then remove it. This should give you a perfect circle.
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Originally Posted by Eva Knight
(Post 8197973)
cut a piece of thin cardboard the same size that you want the finished circle to be. Do a running stitch around the cloth circle and pull the thread up enclosing the cardboard in the fabric circle. Press the circle with cardboard inside and then remove it. This should give you a perfect circle.
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I do a lot of Dressies and I do it this way when I put a circle in the center.
Originally Posted by Eva Knight
(Post 8197973)
cut a piece of thin cardboard the same size that you want the finished circle to be. Do a running stitch around the cloth circle and pull the thread up enclosing the cardboard in the fabric circle. Press the circle with cardboard inside and then remove it. This should give you a perfect circle.
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Originally Posted by Eva Knight
(Post 8197973)
cut a piece of thin cardboard the same size that you want the finished circle to be. Do a running stitch around the cloth circle and pull the thread up enclosing the cardboard in the fabric circle. Press the circle with cardboard inside and then remove it. This should give you a perfect circle.
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