The Alstroemeria is a very common flower used in bridal bouquets. I first start with the stamen. This bride requires the Virginia White variety. The stamen are manufactured white with a very small brown dot on the head of each thread. I tape 5 threads to a 26 g wire per flower.
Next I cut three petals from white gumpaste using the smaller Alstroemeria petal cutter as pictured in second picture. Dry the petals several hours, then paint small dashes on each petal, air dry for 30 minutes then tape to prepared stamen. Cut the final three petals, per flower, from white gumpaste using the larger petal cutter. Thin the edges using a ball tool and dry over flower form to bend petals out. Dry the large petals overnight then tape to prepare stamen and dash petals, your Alstroemeria is now complete.
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