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RUSewing 03-17-2013 04:58 PM
EasyPeasy. The link was so very helpful!

joym 03-18-2013 02:51 AM
coffee filters can be used

reginalovesfabric 03-18-2013 10:43 AM
use a commercial tea maker filter, iron it and sew on it, rip the paper off and wa la you have a perfect cirlce

tate_elliott 03-18-2013 04:33 PM
Here's my reply on another thread about sewing circles. I hope the picture of the quilt comes through.

Tate

Originally Posted by tate_elliott (Post 5403350)
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.

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

Tate

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Tashana 03-18-2013 06:06 PM
Originally Posted by tate_elliott (Post 5937548)
Here's my reply on another thread about sewing circles. I hope the picture of the quilt comes through.

Tate
Well, that is simply brilliant. Thank you!

GramMER 03-19-2013 04:00 AM
I usually like Nancy's tutorials and hers was good, but just look at all the expensive equipment! This little tutorial is cheap and probably would work just as well.

GramMER 03-19-2013 04:04 AM
Originally Posted by tate_elliott (Post 5937548)
Here's my reply on another thread about sewing circles. I hope the picture of the quilt comes through.

Tate
Oh, just look at the mock cathedral window, but the best part of the picture for me was the old Singer. It is one edition newer than mine. My Singer is almost 60 years old and has done a wonderful job for me!

tessagin 03-19-2013 06:57 AM
I just looked at the video from "garysgal" and believe I'm going to invest in the "CIRCLE SEW SIMPLE" Why not make sewing as simple and easy as possible? The tack in the video has a safety cover for it.

dollycaswell 03-19-2013 11:25 AM
Yes, you're right ghostrider, up thru the sticky side and FYI, I've done it with the thumbtack before and believe it or not, it works!! The biggest difference between this "homemade" tool and the $40-$80 ones is you have to fiddle with it more and measure from the needle etc to get an EXACT size on our circle. If you don't need it EXACT, then the tack works great.


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