Suz - Thanks! I will post the block when it's finished; it's almost done (two leaves to go, plus embroidering some tendrils for the vine.) It will be the sides of a fabric box; the top is a variation of a miniature wreath block Ellie Sienkiewicz taught at Applique by the Bay a couple years ago, and I'm more or less making it up on the fly.
Oh! Something else I've seen done for tiny circles is to use ultrasuede; just cut them out and stitch them down, no need to turn the edges under (Ellie loves ultrasuede for tiny pieces, that's what made me think of it.)
The serrated leaves are my own technique. You make a first pass and stitch the edges down with gaps between the stitches where you want the serrations, then make a second pass and draw the fabric back with stitches in the gaps.
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