Polka Dot Flowers
48 teeny circles..no, no, not again!! There were 32 teeny circles in Part 1 of Love Entwined (Esther Aliu's freebie BOM). I tried the first time around...I hated my circles. I decided to make them out of felt and attach with a black bead for Part 1. Phew! Done...but no...Part 3 has 48 more of the little (buggers...oops!) circles. ;) I knew I was not going to be a happy camper if I had to keep making all these tiny circles.
Thing is, if the circles were the same size as the flower centers in Part 2, I would be fine...grumbling, but fine. For some reason, I cannot get the tiny ones to turn out nice and smooth. I have tried washers, the tiniest of the Perfect Circles and hand basting them in place. Still not happy. :(
I finally found a solution. And it is something Esther has done on previous quilts....stenciling those little ___, guys! I tried it on one of the leaf shapes that had not been attached yet. Perfect!
So how do you get 48 little circles in an hour? Stencil them! Yeah!!
3 comments:
Too clever - they look so great! Did you use fabric paint? Or perhaps a permanent ink marker? I'll have to remember your technique for future projects.
Smart thinking! I going to use those tiny washers and see if it will work. But keep this in mind. Just in case... ;-)
I used fabric paint. I heat set them after the applique.
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