Fabric Effects in Sugar: First Steps and Basic Skills

By Gary Chapman

Fabric Effects in Sugar Book One introduced the idea of emulating fabric effects in sugar when it was first published in 1993 and started a huge trend in cake decorating that continues unabated today. This landmark sugarcraft book has been out of print for many years but is now re-issued

Learn how to produce a range of basic fabric effects

• Language: English
• Publisher: Upfront
• Release date: Nov 5, 2012
• ISBN: 9781909230019

Gary Chapman

Gary Chapman--author, speaker, counselor--has a passion for people and for helping them form lasting relationships. He is the #1 bestselling author of The 5 Love Languages series and director of Marriage and Family Life Consultants, Inc. Gary travels the world presenting seminars, and his radio programs air on more than four hundred stations. For more information visit his website at www.5lovelanguages.com.

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Fabric Effects in Sugar

First Steps and Basic Skills

How to Create a Range of Fabric Effects in Sugar,

Including Drapes, Hangings or Tails, Bows, Borders and Flowers

by Gary Chapman

First published in 1993 by Gary Chapman as Fabric Effects in Sugar: Book One

© Copyright Gary Chapman, 1993

This revised, new, ebook edition published 2012

© Copyright Gary Chapman, Edditt Publishing, 2012

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher/author.

Paperback   978-1-909230-00-2

Epub ebook  978-1-909230-01-9

Mobi ebook 978-1-909230-02-6

Photography by Alister Thorpe and illustrations by Rob Turner

www.eddittpublishing.com

Examples of Various Fabric Effects in Sugar

Introduction

Hints and Tips

The Template Set

Simple Pink Draped Cake

Instructions for Simple Draped Cake

Orange and Red, Ribbon and Bow Cake

Instructions for Orange and Red Ribbon and Bow Cake

Pink and Grey Cake

Instructions for Pink and Grey Cake

Golden Domed Cake

Instructions for Golden Domed Cake

Green and Yellow Rosette Cake

Instructions for Green and Yellow Rosette Cake

Violet and Mustard Square Cake

Instructions for Violet and Mustard Square Cake

Peach Ribbon Cockade Cake

Instructions for Peach Ribbon Cockade Cake

Blue Domed Cake

Instructions for Blue Domed Cake

Blue and Green Floral Cascade Cake

Instructions for Blue and Green Floral Cascade Cake

Red and Green Cake

Instructions for Red and Green Cake

The Diagrams

Painting Cakes

Example Cakes Using Fabric Effects

About the Author

Examples of Various Fabric Effects in Sugar

Introduction

Fabric Effects in Sugar: First Steps and Basic Skills aims to provide an introduction to the use of sugarpaste (rolled fondant) as fabric to decorate cakes with effects such as the drape, hangings or tails, hinges (rosettes, bows, ribbon cockades) and a variety of fabric flowers, leaves and borders. These ideas present a different and totally new approach to decorating cakes. Since I first introduced them in the early 90s, they have gradually been adopted and are now used extensively.

The various fabric effects described here provide a simple and quick alternative to the usual methods of cake decorating and yet at