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From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-105 |
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Drawing Perfect Circles
Master crafter Carol Duvall demonstrates how to draw perfect circles using a piece of cardboard.
Materials:
Cardboard (use the back of a writing tablet)
Pushpin, needle or straight pin
Pencil or ballpoint pen
Tape
Pushpin
- Cut a piece of cardboard about 1" wide by 11" long (figure A).
- Measure and mark the cardboard at 1" increments, beginning 1/4" from the end (figure B).
- Using a pushpin, needle or straight pin, push holes into the cardboard at the 1" intervals, large enough to insert a sharp pencil or ballpoint pen (figure C).
- Put tape on the back of the cardboard so the holes won't tear or get larger.
- With a pushpin on the 1/4" mark to hold the cardboard in place, put it on a surface where a circle is to be drawn, place a pencil in the hole corresponding to the desired measurement, and draw a perfect circle (figure D).
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