I have just purchased the Wiltons Flower Gum Paste kit I was looking though it looks like its going to be fun can anyone tell me what the yellow broad is for and what the 2 white plastic pieces(kind of looks like some sort of stand) are for I didnt see any thing in the book as to what they are used for it shows examples of everything else Thanks for any help!
Molly2
Mine came with the practice board and stand, too. In gumpaste flowers class we use the board and put our cut out pieces underneath the flap to keep them from drying out. It's also useful as a rolling mat. It's just the right size to roll out a small piece of gumpaste or fondant for a flower. That way you don't have to carry around a big rolling mat. When my teacher first whipped out her board and used it as a rolling mat, I just felt so stupid. Why hadn't I thought of that before, duh?!
The only time I've ever used my stand with the practice board was when I was learning to do stringwork.
Mine came with the practice board and stand, too. In gumpaste flowers class we use the board and put our cut out pieces underneath the flap to keep them from drying out. It's also useful as a rolling mat. It's just the right size to roll out a small piece of gumpaste or fondant for a flower. That way you don't have to carry around a big rolling mat. When my teacher first whipped out her board and used it as a rolling mat, I just felt so stupid. Why hadn't I thought of that before, duh?!
The only time I've ever used my stand with the practice board was when I was learning to do stringwork.
I couldn't figure out what the yellow board and the white stands were either. I wound up not using the board, because I found that keeping my gumpaste wrapped tightly in plastic wrap or under and overturned drinking glass worked best. I used the stands to prop open the instruction book as I was working, but I must say, I was very dissapointed in the realism in the Wilton book. If you look at your local library (or The Essential Cake Decorating Book from Borders has fabulous instructions) they have much more realisitic flowers and talk about shading with chalk.
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