First I cut out 3 different sizes of flower petal layers - these are actually from cookie and biscuit cutters and I wish the sizes varied a bit more but it worked:
Then I used a toothpick and rolled the pointed end around the edges of each circle to "frill" the edges up as seen below. This actually hurt my fingers a bit - this is probably why people will use a stick the size of a pencil, so it'll hurt less
Then I inset them inside themselves using a little bit of water in the center to hold the layers together and arranged the petals. For the center one I actually loosely folded in in half twice to make a more compact center
In this picture the flower is sitting in the smallest ring cutter to help hold the shape. Since I only have 1 small cutter I think I might used something like an plastic lined egg carton to hold more flowers at a time. Another thing was that this shape didn't hold together that well immediately after, I think fondant might be too soft to work with - gumpaste is supposed to be stiffer, but I've never used or made it before. Maybe if I placed the fondant flowers in the freezer they would harden up and hold keep their shape. Not bad for a first attempt though right?
~emy
