How Do You Create Crewel Stitches In Icing?
Decorating By carterl Updated 12 Sep 2005 , 2:33pm by carterl
Hello. I'm new to this forum but am impressed by the knowledge and talent of your readers. I'm trying to create an India-themed baby shower cake. The design of India patterns looks like a crewel stitch. I've seen where this stitch is created by twisting two thin rolls of fondant then indenting with a tool. However, I would really like to find a faster approach by using icing if possible. Has anybody done this and can you tell me how? Thank you so much.
If a crewel stitch is what I think it is I would think you could use a small tip to pipe it. Sorry - not much help. Couldn't find a good picture of a crewel stitch.
Debbie
I would try piping the rope (little s's). If the hole is btw each stitch you could pipe it lose to leave the hole it the middle. I hope i'm making sense here. If not, i'm sorry... I just checked in both of my cake books that have embroidery piping in them and neither of them show the crewel stitch.
Debbie
I did a search on it , this is what I found.
http://inaminuteago.com/stitchdict/stitch/stem.html
Hello again. Thanks for all of your advice. The crewel stitch is showing in a Martha Stewart, Weddings book with a calico-patterned wedding cake on the cover. It sort of looks like a single-chain stitch in crochet.
I still have a few more questions. First off, should I use buttercream or royal icing to do the rope stitches? Should I allow the icing to crust before I make the indentations or will it mess up the stitches? Finally, what tool would be best to make the indentation?
Thanks again. Laura
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