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Thanks for sharing--good information to have!

Great tut! Thanks! Now I may be brave enought to try a circle quilt.

This is a great tut! Thank you for posting it. I've saved it in my files just in case I get the nerve to try it.

Thanks Mad. I'm a visual person & need the steps broken down like this. This is great.

I had seen this years ago but had forgotten it. Thanks for the reminder.

Thank you so much for the tut...great... :thumbup:

Wonderful tute. Thanks for sharing.

Wonderful tute & very clear instructions and pictures. Thank you!

I did this a few years back & it was wonderful. I can't find my book that I found it in so thanks Mad for the tute!

Thanks, your directions are so clear, I think this is something I could do now that I've seen your tute.

thanks,great tut. I might try this now.

Love the method but am insane about the fabric. What is it?

My mind is wondering. What if you cut the circle from a piece they you had pieced. If you had 4 pieces sewn together then cut your circle from that piece it would look like you had pieced 4 pieces into a circle. Do you understand what I am saying? It would look very scrappy which is what I like. Oh the things I can do with this. Thanks so much for posting this. I'm gonna have some fun.
Donna, The Rustic Quilter

Thanks so much for the tut. I am going to have to try this.

This is a great tute...thanks...very clear...will save it...

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Originally Posted by DJRustic

Very good idea and i like that. It will definitely work and look extremely affective. :thumbup:

There was a thread on this board the other day asking for the best resources for quilting tutorials and advice. There were numerous answers. My answer was this board. I have learned so much from this board. I am so glad that the wonderful ladies and gentlemen on this board take the time to do tutorials like this.

Thank you so much for this tutorial. It was clear and easy to follow and I will definitely use it.

Another WoW. Thanks so much. Looks like a lot of fun to do. :thumbup:

GREAT I love the way you did this MAD I can do this now an not worry about not getting it right.

This is a great tutorial. Thank you so much!

I took a class in that too, & I love this technique. The lady I took it from showed us with a little smaller circle & then do another circle kind of partly over lapping the first circle. You complete the first circle first. I hope this makes sence.

Great idea to make life easier for us all. Marvel

Thank you for going to the trouble of the pictures as well as the step by step directions, wonderful! Am anxious to try my luck at this technique.

Pam

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Can't wait to try this!! I'm currently working on a New York Beauty, and I'm sure I can fit this in there somewhere!

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Originally Posted by DJRustic

What if you cut the circle from a piece they you had pieced. If you had 4 pieces sewn together then cut your circle from that piece it would look like you had pieced 4 pieces into a circle.

YES!!!!! That works well too. I actually used it on a paper-pieced star pattern that I inset into a square. I should dig it out and take a pic.

What a super idea. A great tutorial. Thank you so much!

I copied all MadQuilter's instructions and pictures and put them in a pdf so that I could print it more easily and with less paper. Here it is.

inset cirlce tute

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Originally Posted by Edogirl

I copied all MadQuilter's instructions and pictures and put them in a pdf so that I could print it more easily and with less paper. Here it is.

Thank you, that was a great idea--I like to condense mine & save paper too!

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Originally Posted by MadQuilter

I took a class a while ago where I learned to inset a circle into a square using Freezer Paper and Glue. Thought I'd share because this method actually results in a ROUND circle. :lol:

You need background fabric, coordinating fabric, freezer paper, glue (washable, I use both glue stick and Elmer's School Glue), paper scissors and fabric scissors, pencil, ruler, and something to mark a circle.

Step 1: Prepare freezer paper square. Draw the circle in the center. Make sure there is at least 1" between the edge of the circle and the edge of the square.
Step 2: Cut the circle out of the paper.
Step 3: Iron the freezer paper to the wrong side of the background fabric.
Step 4: Mark the circle on the fabric.
Step 5: Cut a circle out of the center, leaving about 1/2"
Step 6: Snip the fabric around the perimeter to just before the pencil mark.
Step 7: Using the fabric glue stick glue the fabric tabs to the paper. Pull them taught.
Step 8: Cut a square of the coordinating fabric larger than the circle.
Step 9: Dab Elmer's school glue (or glue stick) on the fabric tabs and lay the fabric square (fabric side down) centered over the circle.
Step 10: Leave to dry.
Step 11: Carefully pull the tabs off the freezer paper. Make sure to support both sides of the project so you don't distort the fabric or pull the tabs off.
Step 12: Pull the freezer paper off the background fabric.
Step 13: Attach the zipper foot to your sewing machine. Set the piece under the foot so the fabric square is on the bottom. Sew the two fabrics together as close to the drawn circle as the zipper foot allows. Please refer to the picture.
Step 14: Trim the fabric square and attached tabs to about 1/4".
Step 15: Press both sides. (Note: If you want the circle to be truly inset, press as shown. If you want the circle to be raised, press the seam into the circle.)

I saw this being shown on Simply Quilts a few years ago. I will print your instructions out so I have them to show other people how it is done, if that is alright with you, MadQuilter?

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Originally Posted by Edogirl

I copied all MadQuilter's instructions and pictures and put them in a pdf so that I could print it more easily and with less paper. Here it is.

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this!

Thanks never though insert circle can be this easy, great picture too.

Thank you very much...even I can do that.

that is so cool madquilter thanks

I jst love it!! thanks

Thank you ! Another bookmark !

Great Tute Thank you for sharing this with us I have bookmarked this one for sure :-D :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by tutty

Thank you ! Another bookmark !

I have found that some of the things I book marked cannot be found so I now print out what I want and put the information in a folder.