Originally Posted by
kristakz
I haven't made this myself, but I peeked into the book on Amazon. They suggest understitching before turning the circle right-side-out. That might help your uneven circle. (Stitch 3 layers together, really close to your seam - the 2 seam allowances and the backing fabric. It's similar to topstitching, but the stitches won't show on the finished quilt. The "free peek" on amazon includes this bit.
You also might find that the circle can be easily smoothed when you iron it. The bumps are caused because you are folding excess fabric in the seam - note that what is in the seam allowance is in fact a bigger perimeter than the seam itself, so the seam allowance has to fold/crumple/ease/do something to fit when you flip the circle. Heat will help ease it all into place. Just work along the seam line slowly with your iron, smoothing out the outer edge so it folds right along the seam line as you go.
I hope that makes sense. And it looks like you are off to a great start! Good luck.
Hello and Thank you so much for this information although I have no clue as to what it means. I guess I must sound like a complete dummy...I reckon I am when it comes to sewing. I looked at the book on amazon and even went to the "peek inside" (that is how I knew how much fabric it is gonna take...but I did not see this at all. Maybe differrent people get to see different pages...who knows. In any case Thank you so much for looking for me and telling me this. I think I got the bumps figured out now....Now I have a new problem (smile) I'm gonna post pictures to let every one see where I am at and what I done wrong.
Again Thank you