Alright!!! I did it. THERE IS THE PICTURE!!!
Ok, there is no picture...yet. If there was a picture you would see my new Easy Cut Circle ruler by Sharen Hultgren that I found at Walmart! Also in the picture is a pair of Cutter Bee scissors found at Walmart too! There is a pile of Bullseye blocks made from 30's repros. That is what I have been having fun playing around with the past few days.
The ruler is so handy for drawing circles. The directions tell you what size square to cut for the size circle you need. Then simply fold the square in half (give it a little press)and place the ruler along the folded edge. Run the rotary cutter in the appropriate slot and you've created a perfect circle! Of course, my little rotary cutter has a dull blade since the last thing I cut with it was NOT fabric (think home repair) so I drew a line with a pencil and cut the circle out with my new scissors. Wow, they are sharp! I found them in the scrapbooking isle. They are so cute with thier black and yellow handles. The packaging notes how sharp they are in several places so I had to see for myself!
I've been wanting to try a Bullseye quilt for a long time. Actually on my list of quilts to do I have a few Bullseye quilts...thirties, patriotic, halloween, christmas to name a few. I was cleaning up my fabric drawers last weekend and happened to be folding a whole bunch of fat quarters to neaten up the 30's drawer and things just clicked! Before I knew it, I was cutting circles! Needless to say, the 30's drawer is looking bare.
Do any of you quilt bloggers out there have Bullseye quilts? I'd love to see them.
Hello. Kathie over at Threadlines made this bullseye that I've always admired (even though ragged edges and machine quilting are not my style):http://threadlines.blogspot.com/2006/10/chairs-and-bullseyes.html
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