Here It Is, The End Of The Day......
Decorating By icingpraises Updated 24 Oct 2006 , 2:38am by playingwithsugar
and I haven't even asked my first-of-a-jillion questions yet! It's so hard to know where to begin or what to ask first, but this is one that has me stumped- well, I really like making fondant roses, but I just can't seem to get that delicate, lifelike look to them. I have used Wilton and MMF and really work at getting thin petals but they still mostly look too thick. As soon as I can get my son to help me get pictures posted you may be able to see what I mean, sorry I don't have them available now, but any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated. TIA!
Yes, I do use those tools all the time. I don't know, I see pictures of others roses on here and they look so real- maybe using gumpaste is the answer?
I am hoping to take a gumpaste class in January. In the meantime I guess I'll just keep working at it with the fondant and hopefully one day it will just click like it happens with many other things in life that we endeavor to learn.
I know alot of people use 1/2 fondant and 1/2 gumpaste to give the fondant more stability and to keep just gumpaste from drying out to fast!
OK, quick suggestion. If you have a Michaels, AC Moore, or Hobby Lobby near you, get the coupon and buy yourself a pasta machine (in the clay section, usually bottom shelf).
Wash the unit with warm water and dry well. Then grease the rollers with shortening.
Roll out a small ball (2 inches maximum) of paste into a rectangle about 1/8 inch thick. Then put it through the pasta machine as follows:
First on the #1 setting
then again on 3,
again on 5,
finally on 6.
Theresa 
This will give you the thin paste you seek for your roses.
Theresa
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Wow....how does someone come up with such a solution 
. I have both a Moores and a Michaels close by. I'll have to look into this- thanks tmriga!
I first learned the pasta machine trick from Ron Ben-Israel, who I am guessing learned it elsewhere, then I later found out that most better-known decorators use it.
I have used it to roll out pastillage for a castle topper, for gumpaste flower petals, and for fondant ribbons.
Just make sure to keep it clean. Do not wash it between uses, just make sure you wipe down the rollers with a clean, lint-free towel (like Viva), and grease it before you use it again.
Theresa
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