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Help!
I went way outside my comfort zone and bought a kit for a huge iris wall hanging. All the pieces are cut and have the fusible on. There are a ton of pieces.
The directions show using either parchment paper or a teflon sheet to build the flower and all it's pieces.

But as soon as you put on the base pieces the rest of the lines are covered and you can't see them.
So how do you continue to build the flower based on the placement sheet?

My DH, who is very good at problem solving, has stared at it also. He can't figure out how to do it either.
If it is all supposed to be done free hand, why give a placement sheet? And instruct to build the flower on the parchment paper?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

QuiltnNan

can you trace the placement onto clear plastic. when it is time to place the next piece, put the plastic over and you can see where it goes. then remove the plastic before using the iron

Tartan

With my Teflon pressing sheet, the pieces are temporarily fused on top of the sheet. The placement sheet is underneath so you can see it through the Teflon sheet. You may need to go over your placement sheet with a black sharpie if it isn't dark enough to see through the Teflon sheet. Once all the pieces are fused to the Teflon pressing sheet, you carefully peel it off in one large applique and place it on the background fabric and fuse it once you get it placed correctly. If you use a light background fabric, you can use the placement sheet underneath the background fabric to get it in the right spot.

toverly

You have the Melinda Bula kit. If you look in the kit, you will probably find a smaller 8 1/2 x 11 drawing of the larger drawing. That is what you go by once the larger one is set up. Once the base leaves are on, you can even remove the larger one if you need too. I did her zinnia pattern in a class. What she had us do is lay down the large pattern and cover it with parchment paper. Pin the paper together till the entire flower is covered. Tape won't stick. Take a sharpie and number the parchment paper around the flower. That helps with orientation like the numbers on a clock. In the zinnia kit, we did one color at a time. She specified in the pattern, using the smaller diagram to lay out the details. I've made 9 zinnias so far. The first one takes days and days, now it only takes a few hours to complete. Enjoy, the Iris is beautiful.

Dolphyngyrl

Make a vinyl overlay

Peckish

Build the flower or applique piece first. THEN place it on the base or background. Check this tutorial for a visual:

http://erinrussek.typepad.com/one-pi...d-flowers.html

Does this help, or am I misunderstanding your question?

ragamuffin

You could always lay it on the printer and make a copy. Try it.

Rspoonbill

Thank so much. This is the best description I've heard.