How Can I Make A Long Stemmed Red Rose?
Decorating By projectqueen Updated 3 Mar 2007 , 6:00pm by jmt1714
I need one nice size long stemmed red rose for the top of a cake.
I can make it either from fondant or gumpaste. I know how to make a rose (just the flower head) that sits on top of the cake, but how do I make it with a stem and leaves?
Anyone willing to share instructions? THanks.
you make the leaves similarly to how you do the flowers - with cutters and veiners. Leaves are little trickier when inserting wires since they are thinner - I use 30 gauge. for the stem, would thicken the rose wire (I'm assuming you make your flower head on wire) with pipe cleaners - I just take a couple and use floral tape to wire it together, adding the leaves as you work your way down.
No, I've never used wires of any kind. All I have ever made is a rose flower that sits straight up on the top of the cake. (Like a bc rose made on a flower nail).
Now I'm trying to make a long stemmed rose that's lying down. Wouldn't you make the stem out of fondant or gumpaste as well? Floral tape? 
i ws working on some roses tonight, so I thought I'd do a couple as long stemmed to show you what I meant . . . I probabably could have wired them a little tighter, but I need them for another project so I wanted to be able to break them down easily.
I only thickened with one pipe cleaner - normally would use 2-3 (depending on size of flower) but I'm running low at the moment. I think you can get the idea here though. hope it helps
Okies Jmt1714, they look gorgeous, but I don't get what you are saying to do=( Did you take pictures of it during the process of doing it?? I would to love to see it if you did!! I would love to try to do that, but I could read your post 10 times and still be confused, lol=) I am more of a person who either needs pictures to walk me thru or have someone show me=) If you dont now worries, just thought I would asks since those look so pretty! Jen
The only trouble I would have with the sucker base is that you can't bend it. rose stems aren't really 100% straight.
sorry about the confusion on the post. Basically, I start with a complete wired gumpaste rose (lots of people have put those instructions or helpful hints on htere beofre, so I won't repeat). After the rose is completed and after I have my leaves completed, I start to wrap the rose's wire with floral tape. I also add on 1-3 pipe cleaners, taping it on and covering wiht floral tape. I add however many leaves as i go along. i can't use a whole rose on the project I need THESE roses for which is why I couldn't do too much on them.. Thougth seeing it at least part of the way might help.
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