best tool for cutting large felt fabric circles

Draw round a large plate, dustbin lid etc and cut round.

Or - Fasten a loop at one end of a length of string at the centre of the circle under a drawing pin or something similar, and at the other end tie a pencil or biro. Use that to draw a circle to cut round.

Or - use one of those methods to cut a circle out of cardboard (from an opened-up delivery carton?) and then use the cardboard circle as a template to draw a circle on the felt, and cut it out.

Good ideas from Elegran.

When I've cut large fabric circles, I've always pinned down the fabric to a flat surface first (ironing board, carpet or bed) with dressmaking pins - then used the old but reliable pen on a string method to mark it out.

The string is adjusted to radius, looped and knotted around a tack or drawing pin, securely pushed into the centre of your circle, then stretched taught by the pen (held upright) as you carefully draw the circle.

Detach your fabric and cut with scissors - or ideally, on a large craft cutting mat with a circular (pizza type) sharp fabric/craft cutter. If I were making several, I'd make a template, though.

Thank you all, for your replies and creative ideas,

I was looking for more of a soild tool, that would cut pefectly round circles each time, considering i have lots to cut, somthing like this:-
compasscutter.com/circle-cutters/large-circle-cutter-for-fabrics-20cm-100cm

But not available until mid March.

I have one on back order with them, looks like an interesting fabric cutter.

That's just overkill for what you need - and the felt would move or stretch as you use it - unless secured. It doesn't cut thick materials.

It does mention:

rotary blade cuts through a wide range of materials including textiles, fabrics, leatherette, felt, denim, lace, gasket material, thin rubber, cork, veneer sheets, balsa wood, card, paper, thin plastic, vinyl, banner material, vehicle wrap vinyl.

Have you used one..?

Seems like a clever advertising ploy,

I can’t find one online, but ‘I have one on order……….’

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You can buy blade cutters that cut through several layers of fabric (like 50 - 100) at a time but it is handheld, plus you’d have to mark the top layer of you pile of felt as a perfect circle using a middle weight and sieve of string. The felt would have to be clamped down

Not sure if this makes sense

I meant to add, they are very expensive

www.ae-sewingmachines.co.uk/products/czd-108-5?variant=39700725596247¤cy=GBP&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google+shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQjwn9CgBhDjARIsAD15h0D4DjOcKkuaze3wN56sCsvmekXQAy96R5oVCU48PP4kRkfUqebOoeYaAr62EALw_wcB

I needed to cut out round felt circles, I gave up.
Scissors were useless, so was a sharp craft knife.

a piece of string not a seive

I had a similar problem and there are laser cutting companies who can help....this company is possibly worth emailing as they help patchwork and craft people - good luck!

laser-cutting-service.co.uk/

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