The cosmos in my garden are looking exceptional at the moment so they inspired me to share my cosmos sugar flower tutorial with you this week!

Cosmos have to be one of my favourite flowers. I love their delicate nature and how they bring such joy and colour to an Autumn garden. They are so easy to grow and so are perfect to takeover when the summer garden highlights have finally faded.

Cosmos from my garden this year

They also happen to be very simple to make from sugar! Only a few tools are required and if you don’t have a specific cosmos cutter, you can always cut your own petals by hand instead. If you don’t have a veiner, you could use an alternative linear veiner, or you can create the details by hand using a dresden tool.

A bit about my garden

My garden is a real work in progress. When we moved into our home at the end of 2019, the garden was nothing but a wide expanse of grass with one tiny flower bed. This single flower bed simply contained a couple of conifers and a Japanese maple. There were also a couple of raised beds with some shrubs in that I didn’t care for. And then some large pots with, yes you guessed it, more conifers and shrubs! It definitely wasn’t a flower lover’s garden so I am slowly changing it into one.

Turning it into a flower garden

It’s a very gradual process, mainly due to time and money restraints. But we are slowly adding and moving things around. We have dug out a few new beds to border a path and extended the existing one. I have also gathered a nice collection of pots which I switch up from season to season to give some instant colour. Last year my mum collected some seeds from her cosmos and started them off for us to fill one of the beds. And this year it appears they must have self-seeded from last year’s flowers. Towards the end of the summer, three cosmos plants began to appear. We have two in the original flower bed and one enormous showstopper in the lawn! After this summer’s drought, it seems a miracle that these flowers have appeared as they have not been watered once!

They are providing the most glorious Autumn interest to the garden and are keeping the bees very happy!

The bees enjoying the cosmos!

Create a cosmos from sugar

If you would like to create your own cosmos from sugar, I have a step-by-step video tutorial for you. To get started, below you can find a list of tools and materials that I have used in the tutorial. The cosmos veiner and cutter set that I have used is by Petal Crafts and doesn’t seem to be readily available anymore. I have therefore provided an alternative option for you.

Tools

Cosmos petal cutter – https://tidd.ly/3yCD8On
Cosmos petal veiner – https://tidd.ly/3rScbSR
Metal ball tool – https://tidd.ly/3NSZTm5
Celpad / Flower pad – https://amzn.to/3R0DQv4
Dresden tool – https://amzn.to/3S2z6Xj
Small rolling pin – https://tidd.ly/3RlryxE
Small embroidery scissors – https://amzn.to/3asEp1h
Wire cutters – https://amzn.to/38RNno9
Paintbrushes – https://ebay.us/cqCn1V
Plastic soup spoons – https://amzn.to/3f8zQLC
Wires – 30 gauge and 24 gauge

Materials

Flower Paste / Gumpaste – I always use homemade and you can find my recipe here
White vegetable fat
Cornflour
Edible Glue – Find out how to make your own here
Burgundy thread – https://amzn.to/3RYeG0w
Yellow pollen (fine semolina mixed with yellow petal dust)
Petal dusts
Green and white floral tape (half width)

My step-by-step gumpaste cosmos sugar flower tutorial

I hope you like the cosmos sugar flower tutorial! If you would like some inspiration on different colour variations then check out my Cosmos Pinterest board here. And as always, I love hearing from you and seeing your pretty creations, so do leave me a comment or tag me on instagram @thebotanicalcakestudio.

C x

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