1 00:00:00,451 --> 00:00:01,948 - Let's begin the cutting with 2 00:00:01,948 --> 00:00:05,012 the foundation fabric, or the background. 3 00:00:05,012 --> 00:00:09,096 I'm gonna begin with a 12 and a half inch square. 4 00:00:10,537 --> 00:00:13,228 And this grid, which is the exact same size and shape, 5 00:00:13,228 --> 00:00:15,272 makes that really simple, so I'm just gonna cut 6 00:00:15,272 --> 00:00:18,106 all the way around against the salvage. 7 00:00:18,106 --> 00:00:19,016 And obviously, if you're making 8 00:00:19,016 --> 00:00:20,905 more than one block at a time, 9 00:00:20,905 --> 00:00:23,987 you could cut a few layers at a time. 10 00:00:24,719 --> 00:00:25,553 Last edge. 11 00:00:26,809 --> 00:00:29,625 While we have that here, let's go ahead 12 00:00:29,625 --> 00:00:32,292 and cut on the diagonal of this. 13 00:00:32,534 --> 00:00:35,002 And I'm gonna use my longer grid to do that. 14 00:00:35,002 --> 00:00:36,082 So we're just gonna lay this long 15 00:00:36,082 --> 00:00:38,841 straight edge from corner to corner. 16 00:00:38,841 --> 00:00:41,345 And it's in between there that we're gonna set our stem, 17 00:00:41,345 --> 00:00:43,948 and I'm gonna cut out the stem fabric now. 18 00:00:43,948 --> 00:00:46,984 I've got these two colors that I'm using for leaf and stem, 19 00:00:46,984 --> 00:00:51,151 and I think I'll use this darker one for the stem. 20 00:00:51,383 --> 00:00:55,549 I'm not gonna worry too much about how long it is right now, 21 00:00:55,737 --> 00:00:57,713 'cause I can trim it off, but I do want it to be 22 00:00:57,713 --> 00:00:59,713 at least 18 inches long. 23 00:01:00,939 --> 00:01:03,390 And this is only gonna be, that looks like a nice, 24 00:01:03,390 --> 00:01:05,007 straight edge, there, so I can use that. 25 00:01:05,007 --> 00:01:07,519 But this is only gonna be an inch wide, 26 00:01:07,519 --> 00:01:10,316 or just barely over an inch if you prefer. 27 00:01:10,316 --> 00:01:12,072 While I have this stem fabric here, 28 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:13,472 I'm gonna go ahead and layer it up 29 00:01:13,472 --> 00:01:15,519 with the other stem leaf fabric, 30 00:01:15,519 --> 00:01:17,948 because I have sort of a two part leaf. 31 00:01:17,948 --> 00:01:21,016 I put a seam down the middle of it to sort of 32 00:01:21,016 --> 00:01:23,433 represent a shadow on a leaf. 33 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,814 And I'm only gonna need for this size leaf template, 34 00:01:27,814 --> 00:01:31,677 I'm only gonna need two inch strips out of these, 35 00:01:31,677 --> 00:01:33,849 and then I'll seam them together. 36 00:01:33,849 --> 00:01:35,807 I'm gonna start by getting a clean, 37 00:01:35,807 --> 00:01:38,140 common edge on both of them. 38 00:01:40,262 --> 00:01:43,179 And cut about two inches off, okay. 39 00:01:44,162 --> 00:01:45,716 So now I have two inch strips of each of those. 40 00:01:45,716 --> 00:01:48,444 That's gonna look really pretty pieced together. 41 00:01:48,444 --> 00:01:50,823 I actually need to stop now and do a little bit of sewing 42 00:01:50,823 --> 00:01:54,388 before I can move on to other cutting and assembling. 43 00:01:54,388 --> 00:01:56,962 So I am gonna be doing just really straight lines 44 00:01:56,962 --> 00:02:00,956 on the machine, inserting that one inch stem strip 45 00:02:00,956 --> 00:02:03,206 in between that angled cut. 46 00:02:03,412 --> 00:02:05,004 So we're gonna be sewing right sides together, 47 00:02:05,004 --> 00:02:08,087 the stem to one of those angled cuts, 48 00:02:08,689 --> 00:02:12,022 with just a quarter-inch seam allowance. 49 00:02:14,550 --> 00:02:17,883 (sewing machine buzzes) 50 00:02:31,986 --> 00:02:33,918 Since this angled piece is cut on the bias, 51 00:02:33,918 --> 00:02:37,506 you want to be careful not to stretch it out as you sew. 52 00:02:37,506 --> 00:02:40,838 (sewing machine buzzes) 53 00:02:50,469 --> 00:02:52,925 Now, I'm gonna sew the other angled piece 54 00:02:52,925 --> 00:02:55,008 on this side of the stem. 55 00:02:55,332 --> 00:02:56,847 At this point, you do want to sort of 56 00:02:56,847 --> 00:02:59,705 make sure that where the pieces come together 57 00:02:59,705 --> 00:03:02,394 is directly across, here, so you don't 58 00:03:02,394 --> 00:03:05,419 offset your final square by too much. 59 00:03:05,419 --> 00:03:08,201 So you can see how those points match up. 60 00:03:08,201 --> 00:03:11,534 (sewing machine buzzes) 61 00:03:24,735 --> 00:03:25,840 It's important, too, that they're 62 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,264 ending at the same point as well. 63 00:03:27,264 --> 00:03:31,431 So if pins help you with that, go ahead and do it. 64 00:03:33,323 --> 00:03:36,573 So now, we can press this, and I'm just gonna press 65 00:03:36,573 --> 00:03:40,740 the stem seam allowances out against the background. 66 00:03:52,697 --> 00:03:56,336 Give it a press from the right side as well. 67 00:03:56,336 --> 00:03:58,566 I love the way that color looks on that 68 00:03:58,566 --> 00:04:00,752 pale background, that's so pretty. 69 00:04:00,752 --> 00:04:02,925 Okay, I'm just gonna kind of roughly snip off 70 00:04:02,925 --> 00:04:04,813 this edge right here to get it out of my way, 71 00:04:04,813 --> 00:04:07,171 but we'll do a final trimming, later. 72 00:04:07,171 --> 00:04:09,711 While I'm at it, I'm gonna go ahead and prepare 73 00:04:09,711 --> 00:04:12,551 the leaf fabrics by just sewing those two colors 74 00:04:12,551 --> 00:04:16,218 together with a quarter-inch seam allowance. 75 00:04:19,543 --> 00:04:21,663 It's okay that these are different lengths. 76 00:04:21,663 --> 00:04:23,298 This is just cut from scrap fabric. 77 00:04:23,298 --> 00:04:25,223 I'm gonna press this open, now, too, 78 00:04:25,223 --> 00:04:27,064 and this looks long enough probably to do 79 00:04:27,064 --> 00:04:29,233 about three or four different leaves. 80 00:04:29,233 --> 00:04:31,863 I prefer to press these open, so it'll lay 81 00:04:31,863 --> 00:04:34,581 nice and flat under the reverse applique. 82 00:04:34,581 --> 00:04:37,113 Once you have the foundation, stem, and leaves prepped, 83 00:04:37,113 --> 00:04:38,464 you can move on to tracing and 84 00:04:38,464 --> 00:04:40,887 cutting out those template shapes.