So I appliqued all of the middles to each plate. I struggled with the hand sewing part but after a couple of them my fingers just kind of knew the motion and they came together quite quickly. They aren't super round though, do you think I should have done a tighter stitch? I didnt take a picture....
I also appliqued one onto a block and it looks...not very flat. I should have bought some sort of stabilizer but i didn't have any and I really really don't want to spend money on some. I just sort of squished the blades when I needed to and made it work. I plan to applique the rest on Monday