Circle Quilting
#1
Circle Quilting
If you wanted to machine quilt various sized circles all over your quilt, how would you go about that?
Would you just mark them out and FMQ them? Or, is there an accessory to make circles with?
Watson thinking ahead
Would you just mark them out and FMQ them? Or, is there an accessory to make circles with?
Watson thinking ahead
#4
I'm thinking larger circles like saucers/small plates with some pebbles thrown in.
I have a ruler foot but I'm not very good with it. I suppose this could be my chance to practice, except I want different sizes.
Watson
I have a ruler foot but I'm not very good with it. I suppose this could be my chance to practice, except I want different sizes.
Watson
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Here are a couple of options.
http://www.kenssewingcenter.com/hand...googleshopping
https://www.createforless.com/Handi-...XRUaAgkL8P8HAQ
http://www.kenssewingcenter.com/hand...googleshopping
https://www.createforless.com/Handi-...XRUaAgkL8P8HAQ
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I mark mine & sew them FMQ. This was for a quilt for my niece, so it didn't need to be 100% perfect. For a competition quilt, I'd probably invest in a ruler foot. But if you go slow (& especially if you use a matching thread -- I used 40wt Aurifil in a matching color here), you will get something that looks pretty good -- sorry, haven't had time to bind & wash it yet. The one thing I would do differently though, is to cut a plastic template & use that rather than trying to make a compass work. Even the locking compass threw things off a bit depending on the angle at which I held it. The other issue was that I am absolutely terrible at piecing, so I ended up having to fudge a bunch of my blocks because I strip pieced them using my ruler backwards & forwards (backwards had a thin line, forwards had a thick one, so they ended up 1/16" off on bunch of my pieces). So I made all my blocks 1/8" smaller & had to adjust my quilting design accordingly.
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