Suede-Look With Fondant - How?
Decorating By destini377 Updated 30 Nov 2006 , 4:46pm by NEWTODECORATING
I have only done one thing with fondant before (an orca) ... how do you get a suede-type look with fondant? (What if I wanted it to be shiny? - In retrospect a shiny Shamu would have looked better.)
For those who know about cowboy hats - my dad has this black 20x real beaver hat that is his prize possession 
- I'm trying to recreate it... I would LOVE any suggestions for the "material" look.
TIA
Does anybody know? 
I don't want a lot of texture, just that softness of suede...
not sure about suede, but for shine use 1 part vodka and 1 part clear karo syrup. I used this for bumbble bees abd they were very very shinny. but be sure not to touch after you paint on. your finger prints will leave marks.
I made a saddle before, and it kind of had the leather look. For it, I smashed up some reynolds wrap, and lightly pressed it onto the fondant, then painted it. And I also made a playstation, and for the shiny look, I was told to go over it with a fine layer of shortening,rub it in with a paper towel, and it leaves a nice shine, and you don't taste it either. Hope some of this helps.
Those do help!!! - I read somewhere about someone using a big makeup brush on their fondant for a particular effect (?), anyone know anything about that?
If the look your going for is like the one on my brown cowboy hat in my pics, I mixed vanilla and my Wilton Brown color and wadded up a paper towel and dabbed it on. I went thicker and heavier in some spots than others.
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