You can buy 1/2inch bias no problem but it’s not so easy to buy 1/16th !!! But you can make it from a 1/2 inch strips? take the colour of your choice and cut a strip longer than you need,
Choose the colour bias strip you want on your work
Carefully cut off a fraction on the right hand side if you are right handed.
Slither of fabric cut off right hand side of the bias strip, to do this sellertape the top and bottom to the cutting board to help keep the bias strip open?
Then I carefully fold the edge back down only to the size I need,
Third strip from right is folded over and pressed after removing a smigeon of fabric, 4th strip of bias top and bottoms again taped down with selatape and then I have carefully cut down the centre of the 1/2 inch bias tape,
5th strip from right I have pressed the centre edge (where I cut the strip in 1/2) back behind the piece I have been making. It’s just a little smaller than 1/4 inch strip now. last strip is a perfect bias the same size as Esther’s stems in Part 6, now to make the other 1/2 the same way, so if you are careful you can make two strips of less than 1/16th bias from the one 1/2 inch strip of bias.
Two done 38 more to do LOL. I’m using a satin bias strip here, but you could use cotton or silk?
You could use Roxanne’s glue to spot touch the back to hold these tiny bias pieces in place or pin then hand or machine appliqué down?
Im very behind on both my BOMs life has got in the way of my sewing and then my machine I use for my applique failed so will be with out my machine for a month or more? So I have opt for doing as much prep as possible. This week when I’ve had any time it’s been making my circles for part 5 of HOTYH
Finally settled on these colours. Have since added a deeper mauve?
Then it was those wee flowers, these are the colours I’m going with, one down 7 to go?
Leaves chosen I just need to cut them out, plus cutting out 90 wee petals to make up my flowers???
Then one Bow drafted and cut out? I’ve used two shades of yellow, my back bottom part of the bow is darker to give more depth . My bow is made up of 7 pieces?
Getting ready to cut out my bows. Notice that the full circle part of the bow is cut through at the centre this makes it easy to cut out the centre part of the bow?
When stems are less than 1/8th they are difficult to handle.
Making my stem templates, most of us find it difficult to draw a straight line or draw a very narrow stem shape, instead of drawing a line just dot along the line it is so much easier and then you cut through each dot ? ,I’m using a light weight plastic here for my template.
Now we try and cut out these narrow narrow stems and our template keeps moving, we need a third and fourth hand, take two tiny pieces of seletape and tape the template on to your fabric each end of the template? and start drawing out the shape?
Now to make up 3 more?
how I made my wee blooms up. 
Back of the flower head
Sadly nothing to showing in the garden its been just too wet for any thing to bloom, just as well I have blooms in my quilts???
Thanks for visiting and making it to the end of my blog this week. Off to link with Esther now. See you All next week.
Happy sewing All Glenda
Dear Glenda
You are a busy bee. Those bias strips take time, but so worth it. We also just have rain, we need some sunshine. It is suppose to be warm and sunny now. Your applique is looking beautiful.
Hi Maggie, Wish I had been busier as my applique is piling up that needs to be done by machine, both WIL and HOTYH hav come to a stand still. I heard yesterday that the mother board in my machine has failed and will cost $700.00 to fix??? SO this means I need to hunt for a new secondhand one? Living here in the wet tropical rainforest it has to be a very simple electronic machine to keep going. Hopefully I find one soon???? Hugs from Down Under.
Thank you for showing how you prepare the pieces. For the stems, all of them, I just made 1/4” bias tape, folded it in half – it is a bit thicker but it adds dimension. I also noticed that the flower pieces are raw edge which is something I have never done before, but since this a art quilt I just might give it a try. I have made one flier with the edges turned and it was not too difficult but time consuming. So I cut out flower heads which I really like so will use those – my decision today! LOL I choose yellow for my bows for remembrance of my journey, it is a mottled one with gold flecks. I plan to appliqué or embroider something on the center square to make it stand out more. Once again thanks for sharing. Cheers
This is my 5th time to try and write to you Ingrid. Your messages just disappear in to cyber space, I think I have gremlins in here to day????? Going to try writing little bits and reply LOL I ahve done it the same way as you have but these we stems are just a little smaller than 1/8th so trimming that smidgeon it’s working perfectly. Last night I started adding them and have managed to do 5 stems that went so smoothly, time consuming but not difficult for any one who does hand applqiue.I was very surprised what a difference removing that smidgeon made to making a perfectly narrow stem so easy? Have made 1/2 a spray plus adding the little circles on my Part 5 of HOTYH so now only 3 1/2 to go LOL Hope you are not having bad weather where you are, so many people are either in Fires or floods in the States.????? It has turned so cold down here as it is snowing down South. Cheers Glenda