How do you get the flowers to stay on the wire? I just got the wilton flower cutter book and set today and it talks about using the wire to make like a garland of flowers for your cake. So I got the wire (24g) and some florist tape to use along with the book. I did well with the flowers and preping the wire with the tape. Even added a little water on the flowers so they would stick to the wire, but they keep falling off. The flowers I practiced with arent that big at all (baby's breath, rose buds, and tiny carnations). They dont wiegh that much. So how is it they wont stay on the wire?
(I tried it with both gumpaste and fondant, and they same thing happens with both)
Try heating up the tip of the wire over a candle... before it loses it's heat, gently thread the flower on. The heat will "melt" the flower into place. It needs to be quick & careful... if you take too long from heat to flower, it wont work as the wire cools down quite quickly. you shouldn't need to tape it with florist tape if the wire is already covered.
Hope this helps.
Fi
PS: am assuming the type of flowers you are working with are "life like" flowers for this method.
some floral wire is bare, some is covered with cloth. i still use floral tape, bu only after the flower is made and dried. it makes a better finished presentation.
I use an egg wash as "glue" - I dip the end of the wire in, wipe off the excess, insert it into the flower, and work the flower onto the wire. sometimes you need a small hook on the end of the wire too. it just takes practice.
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