QUILTsocial Issue 6 | Page 60

2 strip sets each made with 4 fabrics of varying widths from the feature fabrics. One nice thing about working big is that the project sews together quickly and progress can be seen with the first few blocks. Let's get started and make some curved shapes. How to use the Carefree Curves circle template Circle template ready for marking with blue chaco liner. Full circle The Circle template can be made in 3 different sizes. Each size of circle is color coded on the template. I'm using a strip set of my feature fabrics for each circle. I thought that the circles would be more interesting made up of a variety of fabrics rather than just one fabric. Originally, I planned to use the largest circle but my strip set isn't big enough so I'll use the middle size. Once the strip set was made I fused a piece of interfacing to the wrong side of the strip set. Remember to use a pressing sheet so as not to get any unwanted glue on your iron. Cut circle along marked lines with scissors. I altered how the interfacing is used in the directions. I decided to fuse it to the back of the fabric and keep it in the project giving my feature fabric a bit more stiffness. The instructions, cut it away so that the interfacing is only at the edge of the piece rather than covering the whole back. By attaching the interfacing this way a different method of construction is required which is outlined in the instruction booklet. Place the circle template on the interfacing and use a fabric marking pen to draw lines in the cut out grooves onto the interfacing. I used the Clover Chaco Liner to draw the lines ق