Fun With Inset Circles

I've been joining Tara Faughnan's Block Studies Collective, where she shares a new block and technique monthly. Each topic sparks my creativity, making keeping up with all the ideas fun and challenging. This month's focus was the 6-Minute Circle, a clever method by Dale Fleming, which Tara affectionately calls the 6-Minute Squircle. I love this technique and feel inspired to explore different options in my quilting journey.

Quilting

I turned this piece into a comfy pillow, perfect for gifts to friends and family!

The technique offers a much easier and more accessible way to inset just about any shape you can imagine. Once you get the hang of it and practice a bit, the options available to you become almost unlimited, allowing for great creativity and fun in your projects.

These circles are inset into a solid piece of black fabric

This technique makes layering significantly easier and more enjoyable for quilters of all skill levels.

Another Exploration

There are endless possibilities with organic shapes.

I would highly recommend checking out Dale’s book Pieced Curves So Simple, The 6-Minute Circle And Other Time-Saving Delights .Pieced Curves So Simple: The 6-Minute Circle And Other Time Saving Delights .