Originally Posted by Anastasia

I found some tutorial somewhere awhile back that just said make a circle and baste around the top and pull it tight.. and well I did that and my knot kept slipping through the fabric (I used 6 strands of embroidery floss) so I ended up kinda stitching 2-3 folds together at a time then criss-crossed the top before I made my segments but then I ran out of thread and almost didn't get it secured off. I just winged the top part though. It's not glamorous but it'll do.