Now marks can be made on the work sheet indicating the exact final positions of the assembled features. To make foliage, I draw a collection of leaf shapes freehand directly onto glass, and cut them all out. So, now I have a large assortment of leaves to arrange on the work sheet around and between the blossoms and buds. Some of them will need trimming, and where a leaf lies in front of a blossom, the blossom will need to be cut again. Pieces that can be joined are foiled and soldered as I go along.
Some pieces are difficult shapes to cut.
In those instances I use a ring saw. I stick white gummed labels onto the glass, mark it with a very fine pen for accurate cutting. If you mark the glass directly, the coolant in the saw tends to wash it off while you're cutting. I frequently check the effect that I am achieving by standing the work in a studio window. I view it from close up and also at some distance.