jlm5419

Ooh, this would be a great use for those round blocks made with coffee filters.

jillaine

Well, I had to jump up and go try it. I did it, in fact, with fabrics recently purchased of abdconsultant (I'm sorry... did I say I wasn't purchasing any fabric these days...? Don't pay any attention to that man behind the curtain...)

The most difficult part was sewing smoothly in a circle. I have a 30-year-old "electronic" Singer, so it was completely free motion.

A couple of things (well, three):

1. The square's measurements should fit into the *finished* circle, not the pre-cut circle. I used a 5" (across) circle and a 3" square; square should probably have been 2-7/8 or even 2.75

2. Get the "hole" for turning inside out as small as possible to make for a smoother closing curve.

3. When sewing my first two finished circles together, I accidentally put the wrong two sides together, but before I ripped it out, I looked at it and decided I liked the alternating look.

Here's the front. Oh by the way, it looks like it takes four 5" circles to get a length of 11" once the edges are folded in, so sixteen 5" circles results in an 11" square.

p.s. I feel drawn to put something at the intersection of the four circles-- like a fun button or something.

p.p.s. These four circles took me about 1.5 hours from cutting through quilting.

LindaR

I could let you borrow my ruler with patterns in the book if you want...you could send it back when done

jillaine

Do post a photo, Marilyn!

jillaine

One more thing: the fabrics I used are very light weight for typical quilting cotton. And I think that actually is preferable for this particular design. Made the quilt-as-you-go part easier.

Tootsie

Here's something very similar that could easily be adapted to non-jeans material:

http://www.equilters.com/library/jea...gallbaros.html

cjomomma

Is there any batting used in this?

jillaine

Cjo,

Terry's initial post says either way; I didn't use any in my test. I would think it could get "thick" with batting.

Jillaine

cjomomma

Thank you!

raedar63

Thanks for the tut info!!!!