INSET CIRCLES

 I put the Dalek back up on the wall.

I'm going to start making the inset circles for it.

These first few are 3-1/2" with a little dark border.  These are true circles.  The rest of them won't be.  That's why I'm starting with these.  I think they might be the easiest.

I'm using the freezer paper method.

First I put in the black circle for the border.

Then I cut down the black and inset the yellow circle.

I got three done, that leaves just 21 to do.

CATCHING UP ON BOM

 I haven't been doing the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild's Block of the month lately.  

I made the blocks that were released a few months ago today.

I needed practice making inset circles, so here they are:

They turned out so well, it made me think I should get back to work on the Dalek.

BABY QUILT IS A TOP

 I sewed the little yellow inset circles onto the top and the bottom of the Triple Cogs quilt.  

The circles represent a birthday - 4/2 + 24.  

I had some leftover circles that were cut from the underside of the background fabrics and some leftover yellow circles.  So I made a thing that I will use on the back somewhere:

LITTLE INSET CIRCLES

 I made the 12 little 4" inset yellow circles I need for the Mickey Mouse baby quilt today.

They still need to be trimmed, sewn together and added to the center cogs wheel.

But, here they are, stuck up on the wall:

COG WHEEL TOGETHER

 Starting in the morning and working into the Brave Patch Monday Sewcial, I sewed together all of the arcs to complete the three ring Cogs wheel.  I added some borders to make it a bit larger.  It's 33" by 33" now.

Then I started making twelve inset circles to add to the top and the bottom to make it rectangular.

I've been thinking about what to add. Stars were at the top of my list for a while.  Then while showering I came up with the idea of representing his birthday with circles.  It's going to be so cool.  It will read correctly whether it's upside down or right side up.  

HERE'S AN IDEA

I decided to practice making curves.  And I'm going to do it using a little Charm Pack I've had around for a while.  It's a collection of rainbow colors in 2-1/2" squares.

I'm going to take one square at a time and make a block around it using fabrics from my scrap buckets that match, color-wise, the little square.

About half way through this first one I thought it would be cool to then cut it into a circle and then piece it into a square.  Another thing I could practice.

So, here is the first one.