Sometimes it’s easy to stick to the same flowers that you are familiar with when making sugar flowers so I am always excited when a wedding brief pushes me to try something new. I’ve always loved stocks and so leapt at the opportunity to create them from sugar for an upcoming wedding cake. After doing my usual online pictorial research, I created a Pinterest board and set about developing my process and I’m so happy with the result! I also decided to film the whole process so you too can make your own stock sugar flower now too!

Stocks, also known as Gillyflower or Virginia Stocks are a symbol of a happy life and contented existence. They flower from Spring to late Summer and have a wonderful scent. They also come in a variety of colours but I have chosen this pale lilac for the tutorial.

You don’t need many tools for this stock sugar flower tutorial. In fact, you may even already have everything needed to make these fabulous elegant blooms. They are perfect for adding height and interest to your sugar flower arrangements and are surprisingly non-fiddly and simple to make which is always a bonus!

Below I have listed the tools I have used where available. Where the exact tools are unavailable, I have provided a similar replacement. If you are unsure, please pop me a message in the comments and I will be happy to help!

Tools

FMM 5 petal cutter, 35mm – https://amzn.to/3GRPl4y
veining tool – https://amzn.to/3GPaqN2
PME rose petal cutter set, smallest cutter – https://amzn.to/3xkzxnR
PME star plunger cutters. medium – https://amzn.to/3GRS2TG
Small fine embroidery scissors – https://amzn.to/3asEp1h
Metal ball tool – https://tidd.ly/3NSZTm5
Celpad – https://www.cake-stuff.com/item/7674/CelCakes/CelPad-2-sugarcraft-foam-modelling-pad.html
Pasta roller – https://amzn.to/3tga6B8
Paintbrushes – https://ebay.us/cqCn1V
Wire cutters – https://amzn.to/38RNno9
Pliers – https://amzn.to/3GPycIG
Veining board – https://amzn.to/3MlfYQx

Materials

Flower paste / gumpaste – I use my own homemade recipe which you can find here
Cornflour
Egg white
Lilac and green gel colours
Dust colours – I used pale pink, lilac, dark green and yellow – but feel free to adapt these to your needed colour palette
26 gauge wire – https://amzn.to/3xjeu4N
Green floral tape
A thicker wire for the stem – this is the brand that I have used which I am a huge fan of. However, they are quite hard to get hold of so something similar would work too. I like this particular wire as it is thick but still has a good amount of bend i.e. it’s thicker than a 16 gauge wire but not as stiff.

Assembly

Below are all of my flower components ready to be assembled into a stem. By all means, you do not need to copy the exact number of buds and flowers I have here so do have a play around yourself. I highly recommend that you size your stem according to your needs for your particular arrangement or take inspiration from real life or photos on my Pinterest board here.

You can find the full detailed tutorial in the video below!

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C x

Products I have used in this tutorial – click the pics for prices and to purchase from Amazon.

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Clare x