Cosmic Spirals

12. Tape the full size spiral section to the table.

13. Cut a piece of template material the size of this section and lay it on the drawing with tape in place.

14. Trace the dark spiral and radiating lines and points on the Sulky with a see-through ruler and a black fine point pen (Sharpie). Important: Do not trace all graph paper lines.

15. Also trace the outside box of the drawing and mark the top.

16. Cut out the spiral accurately by punching a little hole at the end of the tail to begin cutting. Do not cut through the radiating spiral from the outside edge.

17. You now have two pieces, one piece containing the spiral section containing the points (figure I), and one piece containing the radiating line sections (figure J).

18. Set aside the radiating line section.

19. Fabric strip cutting:

• Cut one black and one white strip 1" x 42"
  
• Cut one black and one white strip 2" x 42"
• Cut one black and one white strip 3" x 42"

20. Machine setup:

• Place black thread on top and black bobbin thread in the bobbin.
• Use a 80/12 needle and shorten the stitch length to 2.

21. Lay the spiral on the table traced side down. Strips are always placed on top and sewing is done on the traced side.

22. From the 3-inch strips of black and white cut a chunk 3 inches long.

23. Place both pieces together.

25. Flip piece to the back side and hold up to the light to make sure the strip covers the section and extends about 1/8" to 1/4" past the first stitching line, into the next section (figure L).

26. Lightly glue the fabric in place with repositionable glue stick.

27. Flip the entire stabilizer over and stitch exactly on the first line. Important: Do not sew into the seam allowance.

28. Return to the right side, trim excess seam allowance close to the stitched seam and finger press toward the black.

30. Flip to top side and add a chunk of the 3-inch black strip and continue the above process until the spiral is complete. There is a point when the 3-inch strip is too wide (figure N) so switch to a 2-inch strip and then to a 1-inch strip. Note: Additional strips may have to be cut.

31. After complete, lay the template face down, and trim the outside edges leaving at least 1/2 inch past the edge of the template on each side (figure O).