MSQC: Circle Magic Triple Play 38:01
Jenny: Hi everybody, it’s Jenny from the
Missouri Star Quilt Company. And I am so excited
because it’s Triple Play day so I’m here
with
Misty: Misty
Jenny: And
Natalie: Natalie
Jenny: And Natalie and you guys doing ok?
Natalie: Yep
Misty: Fabulous
Jenny: How did you like this project?
Natalie: This was really, really fun.
Misty: It was fun.
Natalie: There were so many different things
to do with it.
Jenny: So many
Misty: So many options.
Jenny: So we’re also kind of dressed alike
a little bit with our matching shirts.
Natalie: Summertime. You’ve got to wear
a t-shirt.
Jenny: You’ve got to wear a t-shirt. And
I feel like we should talk about this little
elephant in the room. So I was bungee jumping
off the coast of Africa.
Natalie: You should see the other guy.
Jenny: I was, you should see the other guy.
There you go.
Misty: That’s hilarious.
Jenny: I was motorcycle racing
Natalie: No
Misty: None this is true.
Jenny: I actually just had a few little fibroids
removed. And because I have the old lady papery
skin now it just bruises up. I do, I have
that kind of papery skin and it just bruises
up. So don’t worry about me. I’m fine.
I’m fine. I just look a little rough at
the moment. But it will all be good in a couple
of weeks.
Natalie: So keep healing well.
Jenny: Healing well.
Misty: Exactly.
Jenny: So let’s tell them what we did because
this is really cool. So years ago we bought
the rights to the Circle Magic template and
we have now come out with the mini one so
we changed them up a little bit so that it
would, it would work with pre cuts.
Misty: Yep.
Jenny: And this little guy right here, this
is the small one, he’s not the mini.
Natalie: Nope
Jenny: Are we coming out with a mini?
Natalie: We have large and small. I think
mini would be really rough to work with.
Jenny: Really tiny.
Natalie: I feel like, you know, unless you
have a lot of patience.
Misty: You’d have to be really determined.
Jenny: Ya a lot. So a lot of our, well tell
me how you like working with this.
Misty: I thought it was pretty straight forward.
I, personally, I had never done one before
so I opted for the larger size. And I found
that easy for my first time.
Jenny: Right, right, ok.
Misty: So I was glad I made that choice.
Jenny: Ya. I liked that depending upon what
you do in the middle, it’s so versatile.
There’s so many things that can happen.
You’ll see that in our different projects.
One of my favorite things is by using this
your quilt is like one and done. The back
is done.
Misty: Quilt as you go.
Jenny: The front is done. You don’t have
to send it off and it’s so great. So I’m
going to go first because my quilt, I chose
the easiest one. I know that just shocks you.
Natalie: Well they’re really all easy.
Jenny: They are, they really are. But this
one seemed easy to me. And so this is my quilt
behind us, this right here. And I know it
looks hard, right? Well I do a lot of stuff
that looks hard but is really easy and this
is fun. And since Christmas is coming, and
it is July.
Misty: Yes.
Jenny: We tend to do Christmas in July
Natalie: It’s time to start.
Jenny: It’s time to start.
Misty: Time to get started on your project.
Jenny: So this is just darling. This is one
layer cake of print and then we used this
background. So for my print I used Timber
Gnomes. Now for any of you who know me know
I’m a Swedish girl and I love little gnomes
and so this is Timber Gnomes by Henry Glass.
And I used background fabric, I used the same
background fabric. So this print actually
appears in the layer cake here but I wanted
them all to be backed with this and so this
was yardage I bought separately for my back.
And I used three yards of that. And then you’re
going to need a little bit of fusible batting.
And this is
Natalie: Here I have one of these.
Jenny: Ya I have a big one too. So this is,
fusible batting means that it’s pretty thin,
you can see that it’s pretty thin. But it’s
got sticky stuff on one side and the soft
furry on the other. And I used it so I’m
going to show you how to do the basic circle
magic and then these girls are going to show
you all the tricks.
Natalie: Just a couple different things.
Misty: Some fun ideas.
Jenny: All the fancy stuff. Ya. So basically
what we’re going to do is we are going to
take a circle of our background and we’re
going to cut that out. And I have one here
done. Then we’re going to take a circle
of print, whatever print we want in the middle.
And I think I’m going to, I think this one
is fine, right? I always tend to get here
and go where’s the cutest fabric. Well this
is pretty cute. Alright so I’m going to
take my circle magic, it helps to have a rotating
mat. It’s totally not necessary but it helps.
And you can see that my circle goes almost
clear to the edges of this ten inch square
there, which I love, I love using most of
it. And I’m just going to cut this out.
And because of the graduating curve of the
circle, this 45 rotary cutter works fine.
You don’t need a smaller one. You do need
to stay right close by that edge and come
around. And let’s see if I’ve gotten most
everything.
Misty: Close.
Jenny: Close. So I have to say my cutting
arm isn’t as strong as it usually is, you
know, so I may have just not pushed hard enough.
But no worries I am on the mend. There we
go.
Misty: There you go.
Jenny: Alright. Now on this circle magic template
there are some markings. And you can see,
you know, there’s a square marked out here.
There’s a little slit right here. And so
what we’re going to do, on our top piece,
we’re going to lay this circle on here and
we’re going to cut the slit. This is going
to be the slit where we turn the whole thing.
And so this is the slit right here. And I’m
just going to go ahead and mark mine. And
I just start right here and go across. And
then what I’m going to do is I’m, you
have to make sure that it is there. So here
it is, see my little slit. And then we’re
going to put these two together like this
and line them up. So you’re going to something
backing piece and the front piece, line them
up exactly. And then we’re going to sew.
So if you’ll just
Misty: Swap you.
Jenny: Swap me. So on the sewing it’s super
important that you’re smooth. That you don’t
have any chk, chk, chk in your line, that
it’s just smooth and goes around nice and
easy. Because when we turn it, we want it
to still look smooth and circular. And so
I’m just going to put my foot along the
edge. And I’m even going to slow down a
little. I know that shocks you girls.
Natalie: This is really hard for her.
Misty: Yes.
Natalie: Yes. It takes a lot of patience.
Jenny: Slowing down. So we’re just going
to kind of go around here, nice and easy.
So you want to have a, when you’re cutting
curves you want to have a good blade in your
rotary cutter. When you’re sewing like this
you want to make sure you have a good needle
in. And we’re just going to go straight
around this edge and make sure that our foot
stays right on that edge so that it’s nice
and circular. Alright I have to pay attention.
Alright and I’m back to the beginning. Alright
so now what I’m going to do is I’m going
to lay this back down here. And now’s the
time that we add our interfacing, correct?
Natalie: Yep.
Jenny: Alright. So I’m going to lay this
back on here like this. I’m going to line
up my slit again so that I know where it is.
And then I’m going to take a pen or a chalk
Natalie: That helps keep everything straight
too if you use that little slit as a marking
and you know all of your interfacing is going
to be square and placed in the same places
so that it goes together really easily.
Jenny: Perfect. And so you actually make sure
you line up your edge and your slit, everything
is in there. And now I’m just going to draw
my corners on here. And I’m just using a
regular pen because it’s on the inside and
one here. Alright so then what I’m going
to do, can you see these corners right here?
So then what I’m going to do is I have a
little square of interfacing cut and I’m
going to put it glue side down onto my piece.
And Natalie make sure that iron is hot, would
you?
Natalie: It is. It is ready to go.
Jenny: Ok good. Alright so we’ll just set
this over here. And do you want to press that?
Natalie: Sure.
Jenny: Now remember this is a little bit thicker
than like Heat N Bond or something like that
so you want to make sure that it is really
on there. So the first one I did, I didn’t
really leave it on there and then it came
off when I was turning it.
Misty: Ya.
Jenny: And so I had this wad of interfacing.
I kind of had to start over on that one so.
Oh well.
Misty: Flip it back out
Natalie: I think it’s attached.
Jenny: Alright so now once you get this on
here and it’s ironed on here real nice,
then we’re going to turn it. So we have
this nice big slit here and we’re just going
to push it through. Now I think that you girls
found, as I did also, is that these edges
are super important to like press them out.
Misty: Yep.
Jenny: To really make sure that they’re
out.
Misty: I think that’s the key to success.
Jenny: I think so too. And you know there’s
all kinds of things you can use for, you know,
smoothing out those corners. We have a chopstick
here. We have this little pressing stick that
I love. It’s a little Missouri Star one.
And I like to use kind of the fat end for
this. And literally you’re going to go along
and you just kind of push on that seam and
I kind of go back and forth a little bit to
make sure that this is really out. You know
that we’re really putting some pressure
on here. And I’m just going to keep doing
it.
Natalie: To keep it smooth.
Jenny: And I’m just going over to the other
side now and you can see I’ve got it in
my hand. I’m running, I can feel that I’m
right along that seam edge. And I’m just
pushing it out so it’s nice. It’s going
to be nice and round. And if you do have a
place on your sewing where it like isn’t
exactly perfectly circular, you can actually
push that out during this stage.
Misty: I like the idea of using the wider
end of that tool so then you don’t risk
poking through.
Natalie: It has that nice smooth edge.
Jenny: Well and that’s why I think of a
lot people, you know, if you use a chopstick
so the other good thing about a chopstick
is that you can get to it from, you know,
without scrunching up your circle but I like
the feel of that little short tool in my hand.
It just is easier for me to hold onto and
to do. So alright so the pressing on this
is super important too. So we want to make
sure. Dang it, I was not going to lick my
fingers during this video. Oh well.
Misty: That’s alright.
Jenny: Alright so now I’m looking at my
edges, I want to make sure that it stays nice
and round and we’re just going to press
it down. And the pressing on this, this is,
it’s just super important to get it pressed
nice and flat. You know you may even want
to use some spray on it at this point or some
steam.
Natalie: You could use starch if you wanted
to.
Jenny: Or starch. You just want it to be nice
and flat. Ok so then what we’re going to
do is we’re going to put this back on our
board and we’re going to line it up again
with our circle magic. And we’re going to
line up our seam. Now we’re at the inside
line. We should be at this quarter of an inch
line right here.
Natalie: You can see your seam allowance.
Jenny: Yep. And then what we’re going to
do, because it’s all turned around. So my
seam allowance is pretty good. It’s, you
can see it poking out a little bit in certain
places and going in at others but it’s pretty
dang close. And close is what we’re shooting
for. And so now what I’m going to do is
I’m going to draw this whole square on here.
So I’m going to take my pen and I’m going
to go around the corners and I’m going to
go on these. And on this one here. Around
here. Do the whole square. And this is where
the magic comes in. Alright so now we have
this square drawn on here. And now you’re
going to take your next one that you have
done that also has a square on it. And so
see how this one has a square on it, right
here? It only this one now this is important
because this fabric was black so obviously
my black pen wouldn’t show up. So I had
to use a chalk pen.
Misty: Yep, right.
Jenny: So use something that shows up on your
fabric.
Misty: You do want to be able to see it because
the lines matter.
Jenny: And then what we’re going to do is
we’re going to put these together. Now if
I lay these together just like this I should
be able to put a pin through here and it should
come out on the line on the other side if
they’re lined up. And they’re not lined
up exactly. Did you girls have any tips? When
you started doing this, did you have anything
that worked for you super good?
Misty: Well on mine I actually used half square
triangles as the back and so I was able to
match up the corner of my half square triangle
with the other side.
Jenny: Oh that’s smart.
Misty: It helped me line up my seams.
Jenny: Ok so I’m just putting my pin through
both sides on the straight side like this
and pinning it up. So now what I’m going
to do is I’m going to go to the sewing machine
and I’m just going to sew this line.
Natalie: The other thing that is kind of nice
is because there’s that, in that batting
inside you can feel the, you can feel through
the layers and so that kind of also gives
you like a little bit of a guideline to sew
against.
Jenny: Alright so I’m going to take this
pin out now because we are going to sew from
one edge to the other. . And I’m just going
to give it a little bit of a backstitch. And
I’m going to sew straight across here and
take this pin out. And because I’ve drawn
that line on it makes it super easy to follow
and right off the edge.
Misty: Perfect.
Jenny: So now you want to take a look, I have
two blocks sewn together and we’re going
to open this
part up right here and press it. Natalie,
will you press that for me?
Natalie: Yes.
Misty: So cute.
Jenny: Isn’t that so cute?
Misty: I love it.
Jenny: Well I love this, I mean who doesn’t
love a red gingham plaid.
Natalie: The buffalo check.
Jenny: The buffalo check. And then who doesn’t
love that. Alright so then we’re going to
add them all along and make a row of them.
So let’s see how many we have in a row here.
We’ve got one, two, three, four, five, six
in a row. So six across by one, two, three,
four, five, six, seven down. So 42 squares
of inner and 42 squares of backing. Now when
you’re ready to add a row together, you’re
just going to do the same thing. This row
is just going to be pinned so it will go like
this. So this, you’ll have a whole bunch
of these pinned and you’ll do a whole row,
you’ll sew a whole row down at once. Does
that make sense?
Natalie: It’s very similar to like a rag
quilt. If you’ve made those before.
Jenny: Ya right, right. And so you sew those.
And then of course these are going to be pinned
down, I mean pressed down. And then we’re
just going to top stitch along the edge. And
so mine is just a straight, I used black thread
and I just did a straight top stitch. And
it just gives it a really, really cool look.
And I love, you know I love how this looks.
I love how we’ve got little gnomes in the
middle peeking out. You know. Even the checks
and the plaids look darling with this.
Misty: And I love that you left the round
on the outside edge. I just think that’s
so cute to have the little scalloped edge.
Jenny: Yes and on that I did sew straight
down. So you have to make sure, if you’re
going to do that, you have to make sure that
your slit is probably turned up to the top
and I would do that except not on this top
row.
Misty: Right.
Natalie: So it would just be in, your slit
is in this side.
Jenny: Oh ok perfect.
Misty: Yep because that’s what covers this
way.
Jenny: Yes.
Natalie: Everything is enclosed, you don’t
see your lines that you drew. You don’t
see the slit that you cut to turn it. So people
will be like, wow how did you do that.
Misty: How did you do it, it’s magic.
Jenny: And the cool part is, I mean, this
is the back of this. So the cool part is it’s
done.
Misty: Ya.
Jenny: And it has this cool, you know, this
cool quilting pattern on the back that you
made by just following right along this edge.
Now we are really along the edge along on
this one which I really like that. I think
that is pretty cool. So this is the general
basics of making one of these. And so now
I want to turn the time to Misty because Misty
has the same large one but a little bit more.
Misty: A little more magic.
Jenny: A little more circle magic.
Misty: Alright so for mine you do a few things
differently. And let me show you my quilt.
This is it here.
Natalie: Oh it’s so cute.
Misty: It’s so cute.
Natalie: I love it.
Jenny: Let me put it up for you.
Misty: You guys want to hang that up. And
so it looks a little trickier but this is
done using the exact same methods that Jenny
just showed you and the same size template.
But to start with we are going to make our
background piece into half square triangles.
And so what we’re going to need for that
is two ten inch squares. And I used these
beautiful brights which I think is so fun.
And you can see here I just drew a line corner
to corner and then I sewed on either side.
And now we can cut that in half.
Jenny: It’s so cute.
Natalie: So cute.
Jenny: I was just looking at it real close
up there.
Misty: I know it’s so fun, isn’t it?
Natalie: Really cute.
Jenny: Well I love the idea of the half square
triangle because it gives it two different
petals that come together.
Misty: Exactly, a little bit of magic. And
so then now we can press these to the dark
side.
Natalie: You want me to do that?
Misty: Sure, that would be awesome, Nat. Thanks.
And so now this measures 9 ½ inches and this
will be the backside of our circle magic.
Ok, thanks Nat. So now this measures 9 ½
inches and this will make the back of our
circle magic block.
Jenny: It will make the back of two, right?
Misty: Well you’ll get two, yes. You’ll
get two backs. Thank you for pointing that
out. And then for the front, this is what
we’re looking to make. And so I started
with this adorable charm pack, the Tula Pink’s
Homemade by Free Spirit. It’s so cute. And
I just grabbed one of those five inch squares
and then I used this great background print
from that line. And so you’re going to cut
five inch strips and then you’re going to
need 36 five by five squares and five by 9
½ inch rectangles. And we can just sew that
together.
Jenny: I love the sewing stuff.
Misty: I know it’s so cute.
Jenny: Do you want me to sew for you or do
you?
Misty: Sure.
Natalie: Tula Pink does such a great job.
Misty: She does a great job.
Natalie: Her art is beautiful.
Jenny: Yes it is.
Misty: Alright so then we’re just going
to sew those five inch squares together.
Jenny: Alright, a quarter of an inch?
Misty: A quarter of an inch
Jenny: There we go.
Misty: There we go and then we’re going
to sew it to our
Jenny: I’ll just finger press it back.
Misty: That’s perfect. And then put our
rectangle on there.
Jenny: Does it matter what side the rectangle
is sewn on.
Misty: I just did it the same every time.
You can rotate it. But I just made sure that
all of mine were assembled the same way.
Jenny: Alright.
Misty: So there is that. Perfect. Alright
and so we can go ahead and press that. And
that makes what will become the front side
of our block. So now because mine, I did it
just a little bit differently in actually
cutting the circles. So I laid them together
like this. And I make sure that my print square
from my charm pack is on the dark side of
my background half square triangle. And I
laid it like so. And you can see here I’ve
already gone ahead and marked with my circle
magic, I went ahead and marked all the things.
And the reason that I did this is because
I’m actually going to sew it before I cut.
Jenny: Even the slit?
Misty: Even the slit. All of it.
Jenny: She’s dangerous.
Misty: I’m going to, it worked better for
me and the reason that I did it this way is
because I’m working with some more angles
that I need to line up, I just made sure that
my print square and my background square were
exactly in line. And then it made my half
square triangle go point to point and it was
way easier to keep that lined up when I had
them as whole squares. And so we’re just
going to sew around that. You want to do that?
Jenny: Ok, sure.
Misty: We’re going to sew all the way around.
Just like we did before. No not on the line,
inside remember because that’s the outside
of our.
Jenny: Oh like a quarter of an inch inside.
Misty: Ya a quarter of an inch in, yep.
Jenny: Oh.
Misty: Yep.
Jenny: There’s no line for me to follow
then.
Misty: Well just like you would, just like
when you cut yours, it’s the same.
Jenny: Is it though?
Misty: It is, it’s the same.
Natalie: It is.
Jenny: It is the same.
Natalie: It’s actually very cool that there
are different ways to do that.
Misty: To do that, exactly. And like I said
for my method I just found this to be way
easier to get everything where I wanted it
to go.
Jenny: Alright you guys have never seen me
sew so slow, have you?
Misty: You’re doing great.
Natalie: Nope.
Misty: I love it. Sometimes it’s fun to
do a project that forces us to slow down a
little bit.
Jenny: Actually it really is. I do a lot of
hand embroidery because I enjoy that and that
forces me to slow down.
Misty: Ya it’s nice.
Jenny: Actually I’m so ADD I can’t just
sit and watch television without having something
in my hand so that’s when I do that.
Misty: Perfect.
Natalie: Always a project going.
Jenny: Always a project.
Misty: That’s great.
Jenny: Alright.
Misty: Alright so now that you have sewn all
the way around that, we’re going to bring
our template back and now we’re going to
cut it out. And I just make sure
Jenny: Now even realistically you could use
scissors
Natalie: Use scissors
Misty: You could absolutely.
Jenny: But this is going to be
Misty: Just quicker. So we’ll cut that and
spin. Make sure I’m getting it there. Oops
I’ve got a little thread.
Jenny: I think there might be a nick on our
blade.
Misty: There might be.
Jenny: Because it was hard for me too but
I thought maybe it was because I wasn’t
pushing hard enough. But you’ve got all
the muscles so
Misty: I don’t know about that. Alright,
there we go. So then once I have this part
done, I go ahead and take that, I believe
it’s 6 ¼ inch square that we need for the
fusible and I press that in. So we can press
that on. And then while you’re doing that
I’m going to find some little scissors hopefully.
Do we have a little pair?
Jenny: Right here.
Misty: There we go. Perfect.
Natalie: Is that a sharp enough point at the
edge?
Misty: I’ll make it work.
Jenny: We’re make do girls, that’s what
we do.
Misty: Yes we are.
Jenny: Now this one you really have to make
sure it’s on because you’ve got some little
seams over there.
Misty: That’s right, exactly.
Natalie: I think we’re getting there. Yep,
it’s attached.
Misty: Perfect. And so now, I cut my slit
with scissors and so I just pinch it apart
so you can see I make sure my background is
out of my way and I just start this little
slit like so. And then once it’s open I
can come back and follow that line.
Jenny: You know this is probably one of my
favorite things about doing the triple play
is that we all think differently and we all
do things differently. And we all, you know,
we may come all to the same end result but
it’s all just a little different technique.
Misty: A little different. That’s right
and
Jenny: We all have different brains and so
it helps, you know, we’re able to teach
like three times as many.
Misty: Exactly. So now just, maybe that’s
a good thought.
Jenny: Maybe.
Misty: You do want to be careful when you’re
turning, since we do have a seam here that
we’ve cut through and if you pull too hard
you could pop those stitches so just be mindful
of that. And as long as you’re careful you
won’t have any trouble. Just kind of push
the bulk of it through so we can do that if
I can get this one to turn. Oops my fuse is
coming off on that corner. Here’s let’s
repress that really quick.
Natalie: Is it that side?
Misty: Yep. That one.
Natalie: That’s the one I thought I had
for sure.
Misty: Sometimes they’re just tricky. It
happens. Thanks, Nat.
Jenny: And honestly, even the one I had where
it was like really coming off, part of it
was still hanging on and I was able to make
it work.
Misty: Exactly.
Natalie: You can press it again once it’s
flipped too.
Jenny: Yes once it’s flipped.
Misty: Yep and so then you can see here, once
we get it all turned out I’ve got some already
ready.
Jenny: I’ll work on this one.
Misty: You want to work on that. Ok.
Jenny: Oh ya let me have that.
Natalie: Here’s this one.
Misty: Together
Jenny: My little edge.
Misty: Alright so you can see here, once they’re
turned out you are going to go ahead and take
your circle magic and you’ve got to mark
it on the front again so that you have those
stitch lines. I liked Jenny’s idea of just
doing the corners on the inside. If I had
thought of that for squaring up my
Natalie & Misty: It just saves a little bit
of time.
Misty: I do want to point out something else
that I did hear when I went to mark my square.
I don’t know if you can see on my template,
I drew lines down the middle of the square.
And the reason I did that is to line it up
with my seam line here.
Natalie: Right because you have a four patch
essentially
Misty: Exactly.
Natalie: And that gives you a straight center
Misty: Exactly and so that makes it so every
time I’m marking I know that the middle
of my block that I’ve made is right in the
center.
Natalie: And so to find that, did you just
use these lines, the inside square?
Misty: Yep, the inside square and I just used
a sharpie, a red sharpie and drew that line.
And so you can see it worked great. And then
just like before now we just put our squares
together. And mine is done, you could do it
in rows but I found it easier if you actually
look in kind of a nine patch quadrant. They’re
all assembled the same and then you rotate
it around. And so I actually would have made
those nine together four times and rotated
them around and then sewed it like a big four
patch.
Jenny: That makes sense.
Misty: Ya exactly. And so you do that by just
making sure that your square is facing down
to the right. And then you just line them
up. And remember I mentioned because we have
that half square triangle on the back it gives
us our top point so then we can use our mark
here with that top point and put a pin in.
Jenny: Well I just love what happens when
you’re thinking differently because this
little shape
Misty: It’s pretty magical
Jenny: Right here, you know, this little shape
we’ve got in the corner. I mean it’s just
like, it looks like a hard little shape but
it comes just because we fold over and press
those seams.
Misty: And I think that’s so cool and Kim
from our pattern team actually came up with
this concept and this idea and I just loved
it and so I was so happy to share it. So Kim,
thank you because this is so, so fun.
Jenny: We have a great team.
Natalie: She’s very creative.
Misty: She’s so creative.
Jenny: Alright, I am going to
Misty: She has even more fun ideas.
Natalie: She does.
Jenny: Now there will be a booklet with this,
isn’t there?
Natalie: There will be an instruction sheet
that comes with the template. And then we’ll
just keep showing ideas on YouTube or in Block.
There will be lots of fun patterns because
we are just getting started on this one.
Misty: Ya exactly.
Jenny: Alright so now you have
Misty: Now you press it open
Jenny: This guy.
Misty: And I just topstitched just like Jenny
did exactly the same method.
Natalie: Now did you topstitch anything before
you put it together or did you wait until
the whole quilt was assembled and then do
all your topstitching?
Misty: I would probably wait until the end
just because I like to, that’s the way I
like to work. I did it like a little bit at
a time but having done it I would wait until
the end.
Jenny: Well the cool thing about that is that
as you’re topstitching you can actually
go from here to here to here. You know, it’s
an unbroken line.
Natalie: I did it the other way. So I went
like this in kind of a serpentine line.
Jenny & Misty: OH!
Jenny: Oh that’s interesting.
Natalie: When I was stitching.
Jenny: Ok well that works.
Misty: I did match my thread to my background
colors though.
Natalie: Oh you did a pink and a blue.
Misty: So that does make it take a little
bit more time. So you can just follow, you
could just still follow your pinks like across
here.
Natalie: Yes.
Jenny: So yours are all, so when you put yours
together you make sure your corners are all
going the same direction.
Misty: Yep, exactly. Well for your quadrant.
If you’re going to do a quadrant, so you
would do three by three all going down and
to the right and then you could rotate that
around to get the layout.
Natalie: That makes so much sense.
Jenny: I’m going to go ahead and sew this
top piece down right here so that we can show
what happens when the rows come together.
Misty: Alright. Let’s do it.
Jenny: And I’m just going to sew from the
middle out only because I just put those two
together. I mean normally I would just sew
straight along there but I didn’t actually
make sure these were lining up exactly and
they are.
Misty: Exactly how you need them.
Jenny: But I wanted to make sure that. Now
did any of you find the need for like a walking
foot or anything like that.
Misty: I didn’t. No.
Jenny: Alright so now
Natalie: It may help
Misty: It may help.
Natalie: But I haven’t done that.
Misty: So see, look at this little magic that
appears on the back. It’s so fun.
Natalie: Ya I think we should flip this whole
quilt and show the back because it’s so
cool.
Misty: Ya we could do that.
Jenny: Natalie, do you want to press this.
Natalie: Sure
Misty: And I’ll just hold this up. But see
you get this fun pattern on the reverse side.
Jenny: Oh my gosh that’s darling. And I
love how you can see the stitching.
Misty: Yes, so it turned out really, really
fun.
Jenny: Really cute.
Misty: And I hope this idea of making essentially
that four patch block on your front kind of
opens your eyes to all the possibilities that
you could do.
Jenny: Ya because what would happen if you
had two squares.
Misty: Ya exactly
Jenny: What would happen if? That’s my favorite
Natalie: Very, very cute.
Jenny: Ok so here is the cute little flower.
So this is what, when you sew a row together,
this is how you’re going to do it. And first
you’re going to sew all your pieces. Ya
mine are going the same way.
Misty: Ya this is right.
Natalie: You did it right.
Jenny: Ok so then we would just topstitch
and just come along here and do that. And
whatever way makes sense to your brain. You
know, whether it’s finishing a flower or
doing the whole long row. Whatever it is.
Misty: Exactly.
Jenny: Alright so Natalie onto to Natalie’s
Natalie: I’m super excited about my project
because I was able to use the small one. Our
brand new template, it fits perfectly on the
five inch squares. I’m using Olive Branch
by Edyta Sittar of Laundry Basket Quilts for
Andover Fabrics.
Jenny: It’s so cute.
Natalie: And let me show you how beautiful
this is
Jenny: Ah the big reveal.
Misty: It’s so cute. Now we all need one
of these.
Natalie: Yes, look at this.
Jenny: Oh my gosh. Misty and I will hang this
for you.
Natalie: Alright so this one is seriously
is just as easy as mom’s. All we did is
we have a print on the front and a white piece
on the back. And you just rotate them. So
you’re going to do six five inch squares
of each, your print and your background color
and then you just do half and half. So half,
you’re going to cut the slit on the print
side. And on the other half you’re going
to cut your slit on the white side or the
background. And that way so as you put them
together in opposites they’re going to create
that pattern.
Jenny: So you sew a white to a print on all
of them.
Natalie: Every single one the same.
Jenny: And this is six charm packs?
Natalie: Six of each.
Jenny: Six white and six color
Misty: Wow
Natalie: Yes because they end up being a three
inch square finished and so it takes quite
a bit to put together.
Misty: So beautiful.
Jenny: Do remember though, you don’t have
to buy backing because that is the backing.
Misty: And it’s all quilted and
Jenny: Look at the back of this.
Natalie: And we did this fun, I think you
called it turkey stitch
Jenny: Turkey stitch, ya
Natalie: So you can use decorative stitches
from your sewing machine and it
Jenny: Which is so great.
Natalie: It turns out so cute.
Jenny: It’s so great because most of us
have a sewing machine that can sing and dance
and stand on one leg but we sew straight.
And
Natalie: We rarely use those fancy stitches
and this is a great time to do that.
Jenny: It’s a great time to use those.
Natalie: So everything is the same. You’re
still going to mark, and your 45 still fits
in here to cut the slit, everything works
perfectly. It literally is the exact same
thing. But I had another idea. I had something
fun that I really wanted to show you. So I
personally love denim quilts.
Misty: Yes.
Natalie: I love the weight of them. I love
using up old jeans. They could be things your
kids wore. Things your husband wears or your
friends or whatever. Things that you wear
out. I like to reuse stuff. So I had the thought
that with denim I also like the frayed raw
edge. And I thought what if we just Heat N
Bond the two together. We put the denim and
the print and just iron them together. So
you just cut one circle one time.
Misty & Jenny: Ooooh!
Natalie: And then sew them all together and
create a little quilt. And I just did one
set of five inch squares.
Misty: Look how cute.
Natalie: And I used different colored denim.
Jenny: So it’s raw edge.
Natalie: And I haven’t washed this one yet
so it’s not really frayed but I think it’s
going to look really cute
Misty: Oh I love it.
Natalie: I think it would be great for a picnic
like you could lay it out on the grass.
Jenny: You could use the big circle too.
Natalie: It would be so cute.
Misty: So no fusible fleece or anything, you
just sewed them together?
Natalie: Yep, no batting. So I just took,
I’ll do one just to show you.
Misty: Ya that would be awesome.
Natalie: So do we have, oh right down here.
Jenny: Look how cute that is.
Misty: It’s so cute.
Natalie: Ya and I didn’t worry about what
went where I just randomly put them together.
And I loved the variety of the colors to make
quilts. Alright so what I’m going to do,
because my squares my, they’re five inches,
I’m going to cut my Heat N Bond into like
4 ½ inch strips because I don’t quite want
to go all the way to the edge because I don’t
want to gum up my iron. But you could probably
do five inch.I just like it a little smaller.
Jenny: Well it will fray better if it doesn’t
have Heat N Bond on the edge too.
Natalie: I do also find that it just doesn’t
affect it that much. Like once you wash it
the glue kind of disappears and so I’m actually
just going to cut a little square out of the
bottom just like that.
Jenny: You want to cut it at 4 ½?
Natalie: Yep, 4 ½ well 4 ¾ I’ll do that.
Misty: Ok
Jenny: Oh you’re a wild one.
Natalie: I’m going to go a little crazy
today.
Jenny: 4 ¾
Natalie: Alright so it doesn’t matter which
side you start with, you’re just going to
put it right there and press that down.
Misty: You want me to do it.
Natalie: Yep, that would be awesome.
Jenny: And Heat N Bond goes together so quick.
Natalie: Ya it’s so easy. Alright. So I’m
just going to use a little pin because I don’t
like to use the edge. I like to kind of break
it in the middle and tear it off.
Misty: Perfect.
Natalie: And then we’re going to add this
one. Whoops, get that off there. And we’re
just going to press them together. So you
just make this little fabric sandwich.
Misty: Love it.
Natalie: It’s perfect.
Misty: It’s so great.
Natalie: And so, so easy.
Jenny: That is such a great idea. There are
so many things you can do with the circle
magic. We just really have fun with it.
Natalie: So now what did I do with my little
template?
Jenny: There it is, hiding.
Natalie: Alright so this still fits perfectly
and I cut just like the corners off and then
rotate. So I don’t actually try to go around
the whole circle. I just do the little corners.
Jenny: This is my girl, this is my girl right
here, quick and easy.
Natalie: Because it’s so much easier for
me not to worry about. And if you have a little
pokey thing you just hit that. So it works
easier for me not to have to feel like I have
to go all the way around in one full cut.
Alright.
Misty: Love it.
Natalie: So then you’re done and you’re
going to take it and mark it on the inside
so that you don’t see your lines. So because
you didn’t create a quarter inch seam with
sewing them and flipping them, you’re going
to want this square to be a little bit bigger.
So just remember the measurement. If it’s
undone, it’s 3 ½. And you get that, like
I got that just by lining up my tool. So if
you’re doing the larger one you can do the
same thing. And I look at, you know, here’s
the corner here, here’s the half mark here,
it’s the same over here and it’s going
to meet here in the same corner. So you can
put any ruler on whatever size circle you’re
using and figure out what size square goes
in the middle . And I just drew the little
lines to make my square.
Jenny: And you go all the way out to the edge?
Natalie: Ya
Jenny: Ok
Natalie: I go all the way out to the edge
because that way as you turn
Jenny: And that gives you 3 ½ on this edge?
Natalie: Yep, 3 ½ gets lined up on the edges
again.
Jenny: Good thinking on that because I would
have just kind of drawn it and then I would
have had that little cross over
Natalie: Right, so it would fold over a little
bit too far and not create a nice, clean edge.
Misty: Ya.
Natalie: So then you’re just going to do
the same thing that you did with all the other
quilts once you have your circles made and
marked, you’re just lining up these points,
sewing them together and then sewing them
in rows and then flipping them down. And then
if you sew, so I just went a little bit farther
in, instead of being super close to the edge
because I wanted a little room to fray them
and I think it’s so fast and it’s so easy.
The other thing I wanted to say
Jenny: And honestly even if you did this with
the raw edge and you did one of the decorative
stitches over it, that would completely cover
it.
Natalie: That would be so cute
Jenny: And you wouldn’t have to worry about
it. So I think it would be a great raw edge
project as well. Even with the big or the
small because the big one will work the same.
Exactly the same.
Misty: I love it.
Natalie: And I do want to say one more thing
really quick, I have already been messing
around with this a little bit and I think
if I just folded it in half and topstitched
these sides, like stuff it, it would be cutest
bench pillow for your front porch. Like so
darling and so easy.
Jenny: Dang my birthday is over.
Misty: I know.
Natalie: That’s ok, there’s always time
for a gift.
Jenny: Always time for presents.
Natalie: Anyway I just feel like you can make
zipper pouches, you can make purses, you can
make placemats and table runners and I don’t
know, all the things.
Jenny: I ideas are endless
Natalie: They really are.
Jenny: Well let me grab mine, Misty you grab
yours.
Misty: Oh, it’s on the other side.
Jenny: I’ll grab it for you. Here we go.
Misty: Thank you.
Jenny: So you can get a view of all these
different ideas that we did with circle magic
Natalie: They’re so fun.
Misty: So fun. We loved it.
Jenny: And we hope you enjoyed this Triple
Play on the Circle Magic template from the
Missouri Star Quilt Company. See you later
guys.
