I am looking to do something different on my cakes. I have an upcoming cake for a baby shower. Customer wants rattles, pins, bottles, and footprints incorporated in the cake design. When researching I came across the patchwork cutters in the Country Kitchen Sweet Art Catalog. I have an idea on how to use them but I am not completely sure. The main thing that I am so confused about is how do you color them? Do you cut them out using fondant or do you make impressions on the fondant? All I know is that the pictures that I have seen using these patchworks are beautiful.
If we have pictures in the CC gallery using patchwork designs, please link me to the pictures. Please any info would be helpful, I need to give the customer a quote today and would like to know what it takes to do this technique.
TIA,
Cynita
I did a search of the galleries for you for "quilt" and here is what cam up:
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&meta=search&type=full&search=quilt&pageID=3
I love this one, maybe you can pm the member and ask how it is done:
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=70625
I am under the impression that you roll out one color of fondant use and impression mat or roller and then cut out the squares - then the next color/impression and so on and then you stack them together up the sides of the cake or lay them together on top of the cake if doing a sheet cake.
HTH -
I have the baby set from CK... the one with the little lion and baby stuff. It's really cool looking in the pictures they show you, but I've yet to use it (bought it well over a year ago) because I realized after I bought it how much work it would be, and no one around here would pay what I'd have to charge!! You can either use it to emboss, and just leave it with no color, and it's essentially giving a texture, or you have to sit and hand paint it. I also bought the one that looks like a shelf of books, because that one blew me away, but it's the same deal... I'm not putting in that kind of work for nothing... so I'm waiting to do it for someone as a gift or something. Good luck!
. . . I haven't seen the cutters you're talking about . . . but I have used patchwork cutters . . . in my case, I used eye shadow applicators to "paint" non-toxic chalks for color . . . but you could also use luster/petal dust etc (dry or wet application) . . .
ok..I've calmed down and finished reading your post. So, I would have to hand paint the different colors. I was wondering how did they do that. That is time consuming and would cost.
Yes, very time consuming, especially considering how small the little figures are and how many it would take to cover a cake, even if you're just going around the outside edge or something. But if you can find someone willing to pay it... it would be worth every penny!! It's SO cute!! I decided I will use the book one when my sister graduates from college. That will be such a miracle that it will be worth that much work!!! Generally speaking, people that have been in college as long as she has are called Doctor. 
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