The inner and outer circles of the red right were done with a regular zigzag foot. The orange and yellow with the BSR foot. But the green had the outer with the zigzag and the inner with the BSR as a darning foot. I thought I might be able to use the circles to practise some freemotion sewing. However the BSR foot really needs the thickness of a quilt to work properly. It was better as a darning foot (with the cable disconnected) because I could use the steady rhythm to map the needles around a steady curve. But even then, the thinness and and my clumsiness wasn't satisfactory. I didn't want to have the curve ruined by poor practise.
The other thing that made me think of the BSR foot was the joining seam, which is very tight. See the green one partially turned out? It needs a seam 3/4 of the way around the circumference - that pinned raw edge - and it barely fits comfortably around a regular zigzag foot. It's certainly fiddly while sewing and very hard to maneuver the inner edge of it without catching the bulk. The BSR as a darning foot has been worthwhile in that front, but...
Longer story shorter: I'm about to hand sew the green ring's joining seam :|
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