saragasch

I am making a Bullseye quilt along with my quilt group. It entails sewing a circle on a square block but I am noticing that the square portion is wavy....if that makes sense. I am very careful I don't pull on the circle or square fabric, the actual stitches look fine, I don't see any tension issues. Is this common when sewing circles? Thank you, any help will be very appreciated.

Tartan

Are you sewing the circle into the background fabric? Sharon Schamber has a great tutorial on youtube for inserting a circle into a background square that is machine sewn. If you are machine appliqueing the circle, someone posted a video link last week from an instructor from Craftsy. She prepared a perfect circle using a circle template, fabric and foil. After pressing the circle, it was ready to machine stitch onto the background square.

Peckish

Starching both the circle and the square will help quite a bit. Are you using a satin stitch or a zigzag stitch? This will also tend to make it wavy.

pdcakm

if appliqueing, you may need a stabilizer behind the stitching. i use a paper towel then tear it away after i have sewn it on.

QuiltingCrazie

That's what I was going to say, your missing stabilizer. I use scratch paper, remember to shorten your stitch so when you pull the stabilizer off you don't weaken your stitches

saragasch

thank you for all your replies! I switched to a walking foot and it seems to have fixed the problem!