Catlinye, Great job in selecting and positioning your leaves. The outer edges with all those little divits look really good. You must have the patience of a saint. I also like the color selections for the grapes. What is the project you are working on? Besure to post the completed block for us all.
Having takes courses from Karen Buckley, I am familiar with the template/gathered/starched/ironed method. Before learning her method, I did circles by hand. Way back, I did Robert Callaham's "Grandma's Country Album II" and one of the blocks had 88 - 3/8" berries - all needle turned.
Thanks for all the advice on making them, though. I was just curious about the back baste method for making them. Guess I'll just stick to my old method. You know the old dog and new tricks . . . .