Tuesday Toppers: Sewing Machine Cupcake

This week i'm going to take a break from my Wallace and Gromit series for two reasons. 1. Its been hotter than all get out here so I haven't really been in the mood to work with fondant , and 2. 100% humidity and fondant don't mix very well, lol. So i'm pulling out a cupcake I made a few months ago. I hadn't intended on making this one into a tuesday topper but i've had so many requests for it that I changed my mind :D. I think i've figured out a pretty simple way to make it and here's what you will need to make one:

-Fondant smoother
-knife
-Fine tipped paintbrush
-Gold luster dust
-Small amount of vodka or alcohol based extract
-I'm not sure why I have the ball tool in the picture because it's not needed, lol.

-Roll one of the balls into a log.

-Flatten with fondant smoother.

-Cut edges off to form a rectangle.

-take the other ball and roll into a longer log tapering a bit at one end. Take fondant smoother and just slightly flatten one side, turn and do the same on the other side. (your trying to make it into a box shape.)

-Form into an upside down U.

-On the thicker side, pinch with finger and thumb up towards the top.

-Using fingers again pinch both top corners to make them more defined.

-For the side wheel, take some scraps from the base and make two balls, one larger than the other. Flatten with fondant smoother.

- and with a touch of water attach to each other

-Using some more scraps make a tiny rope and cut two small pegs.

-With some gold luster dust mixed with a very small amount of alcohol, paint some embellishments on the top section and on the edge of the wheel. Let all of the pieces dry over night.

-After you've let them dry overnight, attach the top to the base with water or gum paste glue. Add spindles and wheel, and if you want, a thin square of fondant for the fabric.

Happy Tuesday :D

Tuesday toppers: Quilt

We celebrated my mom's birthday this weekend and since she co-owns a quilt shop and is a quilt fanatic I came up with these toppers just for her. (I also would love to get my hands on one of those antique singer sewing machines :) So this weeks installment is a quilt in honor of my mom (because today just so happens to be her birthday), and here's what you'll need to make one:

-Rolling pin

-Knife

-Paint brush and water

-Quilting tool (optional if you want to add the quilting detail)

-White, light purple,and dark purple fondant

-Take a small amount of each color, ball them up and roll them out very thinly for the base of the quilt.

-Cut out a square approx. 2" x 2"

-Take the rest of the remaining three colors and roll them out to about 1/8".

-Cut each piece into 1/2" strips and then in to 1/2" x 1/2" tiles.



-Using a small amount of water paint entire 2x2 square.

-Start placing tiles in the pattern desired, painting very small amounts of water on the sides of each tile as you lay them.

-Continue placing tiles in desired pattern 4 across by 4 down.



-Cut off excess to square piece off.

-Take quilting tool and run it all the way across every row, top and bottom, so that you are framing each tile, turn the piece and do the same going in the opposite direction.




You now have a beautifully quilted topper :)

Happy Birthday Mom!! :)