Getting Started on a Circular Rag Quilt

A snowy day with a wintry mix expected later is a good day to start a sewing project.  In case you want to make a rag quilt, here is how make a circular quilt step-by-step.

How to make a row:

 

Sew around a circle with front and back together

 

Sew another circle, front and back together.

 

With two sewn circle sets together back to back,

use the square template to mark the four corners and the sewing lines.

 

Sew from one marked corner to another along the line to connect the circles.

 

Open the flaps (front side up) made by the seam. 

Topstitch along the flaps following the stitching already in place

to attach the flaps to the interconnected circles.

 

Sew a whole row of circles together following the directions given.

That should take you less than an hour.

You could make more rows if you have time. 

Be sure to label them "Row 1", "Row 2", etc.

Enough for one lesson!

Next lesson: how to connect rows.

 

 

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