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the top tier.. What is this called? And how do I do it? Is it an impression (like with a mat)?
That is called quilting. I love doing this on cakes, but I am too cheap to buy an impression mat, so I make my own 4 x 3" right triangle out of heavy card stock, manila folder, whatever. Make marks around your cake's bottom edge every inch, inch and a half, or two inches (depending on how big you want your diamonds to be with a toothpick - I usually do 2 inch increments. Using the long, straight edge of your triangle, place the triangle at one of your toothpick marks. Mark the top edge of your cake where the paper triangle meets it. Use the slanted side of the paper triangle as a guide and connect the marks with a quilting tool. Once you get around the cake in one direction, flip the triangle over and make the cross-over lines.
Hope that makes sense and GOOD LUCK!
B
OH! FABULOUS! that's what I thought would be easiest. IDK if I would trust myself to do it the other way. 
That is called quilting. I love doing this on cakes, but I am too cheap to buy an , so I make my own 4 x 3" right triangle out of heavy card stock, manila folder, whatever. Make marks around your cake's bottom edge every inch, inch and a half, or two inches (depending on how big you want your diamonds to be with a toothpick - I usually do 2 inch increments. Using the long, straight edge of your triangle, place the triangle at one of your toothpick marks. Mark the top edge of your cake where the paper triangle meets it. Use the slanted side of the paper triangle as a guide and connect the marks with a quilting tool. Once you get around the cake in one direction, flip the triangle over and make the cross-over lines.
Hope that makes sense and GOOD LUCK!
B
you explain well! That sounds a little easier. And you actually use a quilting tool? Like my grandmother used to knit? LOL
That is called quilting. I love doing this on cakes, but I am too cheap to buy an , so I make my own 4 x 3" right triangle out of heavy card stock, manila folder, whatever. Make marks around your cake's bottom edge every inch, inch and a half, or two inches (depending on how big you want your diamonds to be with a toothpick - I usually do 2 inch increments. Using the long, straight edge of your triangle, place the triangle at one of your toothpick marks. Mark the top edge of your cake where the paper triangle meets it. Use the slanted side of the paper triangle as a guide and connect the marks with a quilting tool. Once you get around the cake in one direction, flip the triangle over and make the cross-over lines.
Hope that makes sense and GOOD LUCK!
B
This is how I do it as well. I prefer this because I can make the pattern as open or closed as I want without having to buy multiple mats, and it's also easier when you want to only quilt one section (like an inset), and if you measure correctly, there are no issues with the pattern not matching up in back (I have ocd about the back of the cake looking as good as the front)
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