Hello-- I just made my first fondant bow. I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I would like to add some curly-q's. Can someone help explain to me how to do them? I am thinking maybe you just wrap fondant around a straw or something??? I just wanted to ask the experts out there!! Thank you!!

That's what I've done in the past - straw is a bit flimsy though - wooden spoon handle, chopstick?, pencil... so on. Congrats on the 1st bow! Post a pic?

Hi. I used my wooden dowel rods to do mine. They set pretty fast so I was able to slide them off right away. I let them dry on my flower formes after that. HTH!!!

I did a ton of them on a cake recently. I wrapped thin strips of fondant around dowels, loosely. Let it sit for ten to fifteen minutes, then slid them off. At this point they are set enough to retain their shape, but flexible enough to bend so they look more natural, not just straight. Then I let them sit for a few days to harden before putting them on the cake. You can see the results in my photos.

Thank you all so much. I will try the dowels.

artscallion- your cake looks great. You did a great job!

Do you have to use gum tex in the ingriedient or just plain fondant?

I used fondant alone because I didn't have any gum tex or tylose. It worked fine. But it does take longer to harden without it.

hey thanks!!!

hsterling said: .....don't have any gumpaste, but I would like to get some....

You can make your own if you can get Tylose. Use Nic Lodge's recipe.... it's on his site. Basically it is royal icing w/Tylose added at the end. Love that recipe (the results)