How do you cut good circles...
01-10-2015, 11:49 PM
#11
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take a drawing pin a length of string and a pencil
* fasten pencil on one end of string
*measure along string from pencil 61/2inch
*push drawing pin into the 61/2inch mark
*now put the drawing pin into centre of fabric ensuring the straightened string goes all round in a circle on the fabric don't mark at first incase it needs moving.
**** draw line round with pencil . Don't use knitting wool as it stretches.
hope this helps not sure of name of drawing pin in American.
* fasten pencil on one end of string
*measure along string from pencil 61/2inch
*push drawing pin into the 61/2inch mark
*now put the drawing pin into centre of fabric ensuring the straightened string goes all round in a circle on the fabric don't mark at first incase it needs moving.
**** draw line round with pencil . Don't use knitting wool as it stretches.
hope this helps not sure of name of drawing pin in American.
01-12-2015, 04:32 AM
#15
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Dinner plates, large serving plate, pizza pans, round cake pans, round trays, yardstick with a hole in the end, rulers with holes down the middle, etc. etc. Lots of possibilities. When you get one you like for a particular purpose mark it and save the pattern.
01-12-2015, 05:52 AM
#16
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Location: west central Illinois
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The Olfa circle cutter I got for Christmas seems like a great tool, however I had to get out the spray glue, spray my cutting mat and secure the fabric before using the cutting tool. For the 6 1/2 circles I find it more accurate to use the half circle guide, mark with a pen and cut with scissors.
01-12-2015, 07:05 AM
#18
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I made a pillow cover for a round pillow and I had never made one before. I got it completed but I struggled a bit. How would you cut an accurate circle... but a bigger one. I know that Olfa makes one that looks slick, but I needed a 13" circle. What I have seen the Olfa doesn't go that large. I don't have a bowl or plate that size either
Will accommodate a 1-1/4" wide yardstick with a thickness of 1/8". One holder has a metal point; the other, a lead point. Make up to 72" diameter circle when using a yardstick). It's inexpensive and works well. The rolling ruler looks intriguing though.
01-12-2015, 07:27 AM
#19
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My mom bought me that a year or so ago for Christmas. It's been great in drafting different items and does make a nice circle. I used it to draft the pattern for a circle skirt for a friend.
01-12-2015, 07:31 AM
#20
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Fold your fabric in quarters - first horizontally, then vertically. Measure 13" out on one side of the fold. Tie a string to a pencil and hold the string taut in the folded corner and draw a line from one side to the other. I made a tablecloth for a circular dining room table that way.
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