Karen Kay Buckley Perfect Circles Template

What a life saver! Much easier than doing circles by needle-turned appliqué. I used starch rather than the recommended Magic Sizing and my circles came out fine. The smaller circles used the smallest size (3/8”) and those were a little harder because you have to use a narrower seam allowance, which frayed while I basting, but the circles turned out ok in the end. Great investment if you do any amount of appliqué.

First, I didn't realize there would be so many circles and sizes! And the clasp provided to keep them all organized is great. I've used these already, several of them, just to test out the sizes and I gotta say, pleasantly surprised. They work great and it's really fast to do! Clever idea Karen Kay! I recommend to anybody who quilts and wants a perfect circle.

Perfect for quilters.

I really like Karen's Perfect Circles. They make it very easy to make, guess what?--PERFECT CIRCLES! I would recommend this to quilters that have tried using various items to make circles for applique projects, so convenient.

The Karen Kay Buckley Perfect circles are amazing. I'm new to applique and was introduced to these mylar circles by Jen Kingwell. I used the circles to cut the correct sized piece of circular fabric for my project, adding a 1/4" seam allowance. Then I sew a line of small stitches around the circle in that seam allowance, leaving the ends of thread about 2" long. Then, using the tails of the thread, pull the thread to gather the edges of the fabric around the circular template. Then I use my iron (set on silk setting) to press the seam allowance around the template. Remove the template and then I have a perfect circle to applique to my project. As long as I take small stitches on the gathering stitch, I get a nice round circle.

I bought these for an introduction to applique class and they work great! So much easier and accurate than making your own circle forms. The plastic material seems very durable and holds up well to ironing.

Easy to use and can be reused!

Lots of circles (all have a hole in the middle and a ring to tether them all together) in lots of sizes. I wonder why the largest one doesn't have a close cousin while all other sizes are very close to each other in radius. Except the largest one, the rest are all very small. If you are into making very small fabric rounds, you'd like this kit (like fabric covered buttons or doll clothes). I like to make rounds larger than 3 inches in radius therefore this kit is not use for me.