Impression Mat Diamond Grid
Decorating By Neelas_wife Updated 6 May 2009 , 7:30am by ApplegumKitchen
Hello everyone
Need to make a cake on thursday - I dont have a Impression Mat Diamond Grid ....Any suggestions to dame effect without the tool.....Pls help
TC everyone
If your patient and can measure it out, try a diamond cookie cutter or even a square and angle it. Just a suggestion.
If you are using fondant you can use a set-square and a knife
If all else fails, you can use a ruler and a small dart marker (like you use to mark darts when sewing). Hold the ruler up to the cake at the angle you want to use and use the straight edge to run the wheel up the cake. When you have completely gone around the cake in one direction, then reverse and viola! That's what I did on my very first fondant cake, which is also my avatar. Don't forget to measure the diameter of the cake to determine how far apart to space the lines. HTH 
The ruler would work well.
Just a thought though:
Maybe you could try those triangle rulers, you know the kind that you bought with your geometry set when you were in school, that way it's already at an angle. Here's a pic:
http://www.sourcingmap.com/geometry-plastic-combination-triangle-ruler-protractor-set-p-31871.html.
If you don't have one you could make one out of cardboard/cardstock or something similar and then line that up against your cake and run your stitching wheel against it to make your marks.
Thank you Apllegum ; Pancha ; ptanyer and Xstitcher.....I will try the ruler way....Praying it should come out decent
TC and thank u again
Maybe you could try those triangle rulers, you know the kind that you bought with your geometry set when you were in school, that way it's already at an angle. Here's a pic:
http://www.sourcingmap.com/geo.....1871.html.
YEP - those triangle rulers would be called a SET-SQUARE - hahaha - so yes SAME IDEA !
If you are using fondant you can use a set-square and a knife
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