3801 – Bubble Circuits
There’s more than one way to make a perfect circle! Angela Huffman reinterprets a favorite pattern from Susan McDermott, called Bubble Circuits, as a baby quilt, showcasing various ways to create circles. From hand appliqué to special tools, find your own circle on this episode of “Love of Quilting”!
General Supplies Used
The Sewing Machine is the performance icon from PFAFF
Batting and Fusibles are supplied by The Warm Company
The Pressing Pad is the 100% wool pressing pad from Sonoma Wool Company
The Iron used is the Velocity 260IR from Reliable
The Longarm Frame Quilting Machine is the Millennium from APQS
The “Make It Mine” segment is sponsored by Electric Quilt
General quilting Notions are supplied by FISKARS, including:
- Classic Stick Rotary Cutter (45 mm)
- Classic Stick Rotary Cutter (28 mm)
- Classic Stick Rotary Cutter (60 mm)
- Acrylic Ruler (6″ x 24″)
- 6” x 24” Acrylic Rotary Cutting Ruler with Half-Inch Guide
- Square Acrylic Ruler (8.5″ x 8.5″)
- Square Quilting Ruler Set (12.5″ x 12.5″)
- Square Quilting Ruler Set (6.5″ x 6.5″)
- Rotating Cutting Mat (14″ x 14″)
- Self-Healing Cutting Mat: Large (24″ x 36″)
- Stitcher Scissors (No. 5)
- Original Orange-Handled Scissors (8”)
- Seam ripper, quilting clips, and pins
Specialty Tools Used:
- Karen Kay Buckley’s Bigger Perfect Circles (TM)
- StayFlo starch
- Cotton swab or appliqué brush
- TrueCut 360 from Grace Company
- Fabric Circle Cutter from Fiskars
- Creative Grids CGRSAV1 Circle Savvy ruler
- Jillily Studio Applique Set (includes 2oz. Appli-Glue, Quilter’s Digit, Starch Brush, Poke-A-Dots Sticky Thimbles and Bohin Size 11 Appliqué needles)
- 80-weight cotton thread (battleship gray)
- Steam A Seam 2 Lite fusible web from The Warm Company
Fabrics Used: Ahoy Mermaids and Minky both from Riley Blake Fabrics
Batting Used: 80/20 blend from The Warm Company
Published In: Bubble Circuits by Susan McDermott was originally published in the September/October 2014 issue of Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting, and can also be found in the 3800 series eBooklet.
Just watched Bubble Circuits (3801), and very much enjoyed it. BUT: the hand applique method shown was *not* needleturn applique, but turned-edge applique. Needle turn is a hand applique method where the seam allowance of the applique piece is turned under by the tip of the needle as the the applique is being sewn down. With all the expertise gathered at LOQ, I’m really surprised this mistake slipped through. Love the show, though!
Oh, no! Did we call it needle-turn? You are correct, of course; the technique Angela used is absolutely turned-edge appliqué. As the producer of “Love of Quilting,” I should have caught that, but admittedly, appliqué is one of my weaker quilting skills. Maybe we should devote an episode to all the forms of appliqué, that way, we’ll all be schooled in the right terms! ~Vanessa