Please Help! Calla Lily And Stem

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beccabod Posted 21 Jan 2012 , 7:53pm
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Hi

I am making 3 Call Lillies and want to know the best way to do the stems, I would like a thick stem as opposed to the thin wire - lillies will be on top of the cake, the stems tied with a ribbon.

I have followed tutorials and I am fairly happy with the flowers I make, but...................

I'm having numerous problems,

Base of lily keeps crumbling.
How do you get a neat looking base of flower, where flower joins stem
How do i get thick stems - tried kitchen towel around wire, it keeps falling off
Florists tape doesn't seem to stick

This is driving me to despair, please help!
Much appreciated

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Momofjaic Posted 21 Jan 2012 , 8:00pm
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I don't know what tuts you've watched bit Edna has a great one you can also e-mail her if you have any questions. HTH

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dsilvest Posted 21 Jan 2012 , 8:13pm
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Tape multiple wires together - the thickest you can get.
A straw covered in florists tape. The wire from the flower can be inside it. I have never tried this but it might work.

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smm99 Posted 21 Jan 2012 , 10:07pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dsilvest

Tape multiple wires together - the thickest you can get.
A straw covered in florists tape. The wire from the flower can be inside it. I have never tried this but it might work.




I agree - the first thing I thought of was "use a drinking straw".

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LisaPeps Posted 21 Jan 2012 , 10:41pm
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Multiple wires taped roster with florist tape. The trick is to stretch the tape before applying it so the glue is released.

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sweetcakes Posted 22 Jan 2012 , 1:32am
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depending on the size you have made your calla lily you could attach the wire to a 1/4" thick dowel to create the stems, wrapping in floral tape.

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Goreti Posted 22 Jan 2012 , 1:51am
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I have used skewers that I had leftover from the summer barbecues. I used it on my vase cake because I wanted the flowers up high and thicker stem. I painted them green using gel color but you could use tape or even wrap it in green fondant.

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