{"id":468,"date":"2006-04-19T15:40:59","date_gmt":"2006-04-19T20:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/04\/cutting-circles\/"},"modified":"2006-04-19T15:40:59","modified_gmt":"2006-04-19T20:40:59","slug":"cutting-circles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/04\/cutting-circles\/","title":{"rendered":"cutting circles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I just have to give it a break…<\/p>\n

\"mess\"<\/p>\n

I’ve been struggling with this Robot 2 to try to get “arms” that I like. My desk is piled up with rejected parts. Time to do something else.<\/p>\n

Some of the tools I use for cutting circles out of felt and wool-<\/p>\n

\"sizzix\"<\/p>\n

A while back<\/a> I bought a sizzix’s cutter to try, not realizing I needed a kit to use it properly. I was a little reluctant to spend more then $20 on something that might not even work. I cut my risk by buying it on ebay for a lot less. Anyway, it turns out it is great! It cut the felt very cleanly. You can place the cutter anywhere on the fabric and then you hammer it to cut through and get the shapes. It is easy to cut 2 at a time. I haven’t tried more layers then that. I wonder how long the individual cutters will stay sharp.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the other less successful tools I use-<\/p>\n

\"bigpunch\"<\/p>\n

I have bought several of this type of punch, but the small, inexpensive ones don’t work at all. This one is pretty good. The problem with it is that you have to squeeze the felt into a slot to punch- this often causes a misshapen circle. Also, it limits the felt to the thinner pieces. It does not cut completely cleanly, but that is easy to fix by going over the circle with scissors.<\/p>\n

\"handpunch\"<\/p>\n

This paper punch is one of many that I use. As you can see, it also doesn’t cut a nice clean circle out of the felt. I have to trim them out and I’m not very good at it when I am doing the smaller sizes (1\/4″). I know the sizzix comes in a 1\/4 inch circle so I will probably buy one of those.<\/p>\n

I like using repeating shapes to decorate the dolls. If you know of some other good shape and\/or die cutters that work well, I’d love to hear about them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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