Pretty Pink Fabric Tufted Billow Weave Tutorial

I just adore tufted billow weave on a cake, and have decorated quite a few cakes with the tufted billow weave method. Susan Trianos started the puffing trend and it would behove you to visit her website. she has an exquisite cake gallery!
Back to the cake above: After adding the tufted billows and….

Knead and color 425 grams of fondant pale pink. Cover an 8×4-inch cake with 425 grams of pale pink fondant. Smooth fondant well. Begin marking your cake with straight pins space 2-inches apart. Once your cake is marked with all the pins place a ruler lengthwise on the cake from each pin to the bottom and mark the bottom with a scriber, Each of the bottom marks should align with each pin on the top of the cake. Remove your pins.
Knead 125 grams of the pale pink fondant with 125 grams of gumpaste, creating a 50/50 paste. For each row of billows you will need 62 grams of 50/50 paste, for an 8×4 cake, you will be adding four rows of 12 billows. Place all but 62 grams of 50/50 paste in a plastic bag to keep the paste from drying out. Roll the 62 grams into a rectangle and place the 50/50 paste in a pasta machine. Gradually roll the 50/50 paste to #4.
You should have a long 4-inch wide strip, cut out 12 squares 2-1/2-inch squares. Place eleven square under your plastic mat to keep them moist. Brush edible glue on the edge of one side of 2-1/2-inch square, pleat the edge as you would for a fondant bow, gently pinch the pleats closed, and repeat for the other side. Open, puff up the billow and place the billow under a plastic cup to slow down the drying process (your billows should be able to hold it’s shape, but still be pliable to attach to the cake). Continue the same procedure on next eleven billows. Two billows will fit under one plastic cup.

Finally Assembly :
Attach the beautiful fabric sugar paste rose you made earlier. I chose to use sculpted scrolls, airbrushed the scrolls with the pearlized pink airbrush color I used for the buttons, and attached with water.
Attaching the Medallions/Buttons:
Mix the scraps of 50/50 and/or fondant with edible glue to a gooey consistency apply the goop to the back of the buttons/medallions, press the buttons into the impressions you placed as you attached the billows.

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