I am going to be making one of the "Stitches" 1st bday cakes with fondant and buttercream. I have seen the edges of the fondant pieces with what looks like stitches. What was used or what can I do to achieve that effect? Any suggestions or help offered would be greatly appreciated... Have a good week.
I'm not sure if you mean a character called stitches or stitches like with sewing. If you mean sewing then stitches is really easy - you need a tracving wheel with a studded wheel that you simply run over the fondant to leave a 'stitched' pattern.
I use wilton's cutter-embosser: http://shop.cakecentral.com/cutterembosser-p-518.html
I use Wilton's cutter/embosser too, and it really comes in handy. Check out my pics of the leather jacket cake and the pillow/prince cake - that's how I got the illusion of stitching on those cakes. It's not expensive and comes with 3 diff wheels. I also made the zipper on the leather jacket cake with one of the other wheels, also. The only drawback I've seen is that the "straight" wheel doesn't cut a really clean line - it's a little beveled - so I used an Xacto knife when I need a clean, crisp cut. Other than that, it's great!
A little tip on the cutter/embosser, when I use MMF, I always make sure to put a little crisco on the wheel I'm using to keep it from getting gunked up. Otherwise, it get pieces of fondant stuck in there and it's a pita!
Good luck
Diana
I am going to be making one of the "Stitches" 1st bday cakes with fondant and buttercream. I have seen the edges of the fondant pieces with what looks like stitches. What was used or what can I do to achieve that effect? Any suggestions or help offered would be greatly appreciated... Have a good week.
You can use a toothpick to create a stitch pattern in your fondant. Here is a picture showing the pattern on the corner of a bag cake that I made.
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