place and arrange the leaves two by two see fig1 in a mold 8 which can be of any size but designed to avoid deformations of the palm tile when it is sewn g sew glue staple fasten or tie up the leaves using a strap 16 where the fan begins taking advantage of the natural union of the lamina and the petiole h at this stage of the process or later the hooks are fixed 9 when used onto the finished tile 10 by setting the threads 11 for sewing perpendicularly fig1 shows a mold 8 which in this particular embodiment is a rectangular table 12 with a crossbar 13 intermediate and an extreme crossbar formed by a crosspiece 14 two lower 15 crossbars and a strap 16 with orifices 22 and screws 21 extending therethrough as shown to screw and tighten it with butterfly nuts 17 to press the leaves between strap 16 and lower cross bars 15 fig1 shows the mold 8 as a rectangular table 12 with the leaves set and fixed and screwed with a crossbar to prevent movement fig1 shows the sewing of the tile which is in the mold fig1 shows the hooks or clips 9 fixed onto the finished tile 10 by threads 11 fig1 shows a finished self supporting palm tile 10 removed from mold 8 after forming finally fig1 shows a hook 9 that has two loops in its body 18 and 19 that are used to hold to the threads for sewing the tile and the hook is held to a crosspiece or u201c strap u201d to the structure of hut or palapa fixing the tile these hooks 9 can be of diverse materials the most common ones are plastic and wire their shape and.