No, no. I cut the design out first (just a like circle around it). Then when your ironing board is protected (I did mine all at once) rolled out the parchment, put design on face down (you can put them close together so as not to waste your fusible), put fusible over, cover with parchment and ironed, It'll be a sandwich. Then I just peeled off design and trimmed along the design outline with applique scissors.