Take your time, slowly rotate the object. It helps to pause with the needle in the fabric, lift the foot [that little ski-thing that holds down the fabric] and gently rotate the fabric. And don't get too ahead of yourself and speed along! Work at a careful rate!
xxow never mentioned it and I'm not sure if you already know, but it helps to cut triangle notches into the edge of the fabric after you've sewn it together as well. The fabric adjusts to the circular shape easier that way.
as said , go slow, most modern sewing machines have a speed adjustment, that helps a lot as well, check and read through your machines manual to see if it does have different speeds etc.
it sometimes helps to draw the curved lines (or even straight ones) on the fabric with a washable fabric chalk/pencil, to follow as you sew and yes notching is important with curves in sewing.
some times a smaller stitch length also helps making going around curves look smoother (depends on fabric thickness how small a stitch size)
practice with scraps is the best way to work things out. and if it fails there's always the option to unpick it and you just start again
Awhile back this tutorial was recommended for getting used to sewing different shapes like circles, etc. It's fun but you don't necessarily have to make the cards, you can just trace shapes on cardstock and practice following them :D
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it sometimes helps to draw the curved lines (or even straight ones) on the fabric with a washable fabric chalk/pencil, to follow as you sew
and yes notching is important with curves in sewing.
some times a smaller stitch length also helps making going around curves look smoother (depends on fabric thickness how small a stitch size)
practice with scraps is the best way to work things out.
and if it fails there's always the option to unpick it and you just start again
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