Mary Corbett's Needle & Thread arrives in my e-mail inbox every day. She asked the question: "Do you have other crafts and hobbies that you pursue, in addition to embroidery?". Yes I do, my other wonderful hobby is cake decorating, especially making sugar flowers. Here's examples of some that I have made.
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| Here are sugar calla lilies, and underneath calla lilies in stumpwork |
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| These are sugar hydrangeas |
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| And here and below are stumpwork hydrangeas |
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| This is a sugar cherry blossom tree |
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| A silk ribbon rose tree |
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| A sugar wild rose, or briar rose |
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| And a silk ribbon rose |
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| These are sugar hybrid tea roses |
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| And these are ribbon roses |
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| And finally some sugar pansies just waiting to be included in a spray for a cake. |
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| Silk ribbon pansies |
One thing I realize is that I love flowers - sugar, silk and real!
