Using quilt shop quality fabric, cut thirty-six 9" squares for your backgrounds...some can be the same, but really you should have a nice assortment for variety. They do need to have ONLY DOTS...any size of DOTS
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with freezer paper ironed to the back side of your fabric (some can be the same as the background fabric), draw an 8" circle using a compass, or any other way you can to get an accurate circle. Making thirty-six 8" circles. Again, try to use a variety of DOTS fabrics
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cut out your circles
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repeat the previous instructions, but this time making thirty-six 6" circles. Again, using a variety of Dots fabrics.
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Cut out the 6" circles
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here are the backgrounds, 8" circles & 6" circles
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After removing the freezer paper, use adhesive spray, and/or pins, and center the 6" circles on top of the 8" circles, and then center the 8" circles on the 9" background...mixing up fabrics for a nice variety.
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using blanket stitch & black thread, sew your circles. If you do not have blanket stitch, use a small zig-zag. Any blocks that are not stiched will be returned. Please be sure to remove layers of fabric so there will not be any bulk. When trimming layers, you can leave 1/4" from the stitch line. Please make sure not to make more then 4 of the same identical block. Stack up your 36 blocks & ship them off to me......
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....I will take care of cutting them into quarters....mixing them up & then shuffling them out to all the other swappers. If all goes well, everyone will get back 144 quarters, that when sewn together, will make....
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36 different blocks...this is the suggested way to sew them together....
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....yet you can have fun & stitch them together any way you like...but if you make them all like this, you will still have the same results as the other...whatever the case, have fun!
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