felt fabric flowers, but fondant

Say that five times fast.

Back in August, I was invited to a wedding up in Connecticut. (You may remember, I made wine and grapes cookies.) Given the bride's British father, they suggested that the ladies (and gentlemen) don hats. The crazier the better. Now, I'd have loved something classy like this. I'm pretty sure I couldn't pull of something like this, nor would I have necessarily wanted to. Only problem is my hesitation (read: refusal) to spend an exorbitant amount of money on a hat I'd most assuredly wear only once. So I instead opted to buy a $20 white hat with a wide brim from World Market and attach my own, felt flowers. A google search led me to:

This felt flower tutorial from I Am Momma.

I followed the tutorial almost exactly, but using fabric glue in lieu of a hot glue gun. Worked like a charm. Then I sewed a bunch of flowers and leaves to the brim of the hat with a few stitches. This is the hat:

I wondered if I could apply the same technique to fondant.

how to make fondant fabric flowers

(inspired by the original felt flower tutorial at I Am Momma)

You could use these flowers on top of cupcakes, cakes, petits fours or cookies. I cut out 2 1/2 inch circle cookies, then topped the cookies by flooding with my buttercream frosting, piped on with a round 12 tip. For tips on finding supplies, click HERE. 

you will need:*

fondant (store-bought or homemade)

food coloring

rolling pin

confectioner's sugar

pizza cutter

knife

ruler

light corn syrup

leaf fondant or cookie cutter 

wax paper

*Find fondant and the leaf cutter in the craft store. For food coloring, I suggest Americolor Soft Gel Pastes (fall colors, Red Red, Orange, Egg Yellow and Electric Green used here).

step one: make your fondant

Divide fondant and tint preferred colors. To tint, add a few drops of coloring to a handful of fondant and knead very well. Add more drops as needed until desired color is achieved. TIP: If the fondant gets at all sticky or difficult from overhandling, let sit at room temperature uncovered about 15 minutes or until easily pliable. 

step two: make your flowers

Roll out fondant about 1/8 inch thick on a surface dusted with confectioner's sugar. Use the pizza cutter to cut a strip of fondant about 6 inches long and 1  inch wide. Use a knife or the pizza cutter to cut slits along the long edge about 1/4 inch apart and about 3/4 inch into the strip. Dab light corn syrup or water along the band that was left in tact. Start at one short end and roll the fondant strip. Smush the end a bit to secure, and use a dab of light corn syrup or water if needed. Poof out the strips a bit and rest the flower on a piece of wax paper to stiffen, at least a couple hours, or overnight. 

step three: make your leaves

Roll out green fondant about 1/8 inch thick. Cut out leaves and rest on wax paper until stiffened. To make bends and curves in the leaves, rest the leaves against a plate or over a straw or any other small object while they stiffen. 

step four: arrange your flowers

Arrange your leaves and flowers on cookies or cupcakes, using dabs of royal icing, light corn syrup or frosting as needed to adhere. I just piped on some buttercream frosting and stuck the flowers and leaves on right away.