Strawberries & Cream
March 10th, 2009
My second attempt at the Sweet Slice cake was a little naked, so I decided to make a fabric “blue plate special” plate… and then some strawberries. All I needed were some dollops of whipped cream.
Of course, I always find myself chanting, “I just need some whipped cream”.
I scoured blogland and flickr for tutorials on how to make whipped cream out of wool felt. I found a few, but they required sewing teeny tiny stitches on pee wee pieces of felt. I have teeny tiny pee wee patience for that.
I was looking for something quick and simple - and for a way to use some of my pearl beads (my latest obsession).
So I came up with my own version. After many prototype go-arounds with scissors, pencil and felt… I went to my trusty ruler rack and found just the ticket. Darlene Zimmerman’s HEXAGON ruler by EZ Quilting by Wrights. Maybe I’m not the only one who’s inner voice (or voices) keeps chanting, “I just need some whipped cream”? Super easy, super fast, super not fussy.
1. Ruler, wool felt.
2. Cut into hexagon of desired size.
3. Snip from points to about ⅓ of the way from the center to make little “pies”. Just eyeball. Inconsistency adds character.
4. Trim each pie as shown.
5. Result is one of those ninja flying disc looking things. But not as sharp. Or as deadly.
6. With matching thread (I used red for visual effect), pull a stitch through the sharp corner of each “pie”. Continue.
7. End where you started, and through the other side.
8. Tug/gather. Gently. You now have a dollop. Sort of.
9. Make a few tacking stitches.
10. Make a knot on the bottom of your dollop, but do not cut your thread.
11. Enter off center. Add pearl bead. Exit off center. Knot off on the bottom.
Sew/tack into place on what ever you’re going to dollop with whipped cream.
And now I must think about tonight’s dinner… and I think I know just what to have - and where to get it at!
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Unsupervised quilting, crafting, mischief and absurdity from my teenie weenie tiny little studio in the woods on the North Oregon coast.
That is TOO good! Whipped cream dollops? On the cutest piece of cake/strawberries/plate? I am overwhelmed by cuteness!
March 10th, 2009You are always making me hungry. How Clever..
March 10th, 2009Oh, wow, that’s adorable.
March 10th, 2009absolutely perfect dollops!!
March 10th, 2009You are the most clever person in all of blogland! I’m going to have to remember the dollop technique. . .and I already have the ruler. Happy day to you!
March 10th, 2009oh yummy, this makes me hungry. it is beautiful.
March 10th, 2009OMH! THAT IS BEAUTIFUL! i am so lustful and jelous that it isn’t mine i have to go repent. thanks a lot.
March 10th, 2009How clever are you?? Beyond cute!
March 10th, 2009MMMM, my favorite at P&P are the sour dough pancakes.
Hi,
March 10th, 2009This is my first time commenting. I love your blog and I absolutely love this post…everything is adorable. I just purchased that ruler and it’s one of my favorites, but what a clever idea to use it the way you did!!
~Karen~
Those are PERFECT dollops of whipped cream. Technically, I guess that dollops are sloppier than your lovely creations–Rosettes? They are LOVELY and thanks so much for the tutorial!
March 10th, 2009Love your whipped cream! Makes me want to go make some for real and eat it!
March 10th, 2009Oh. My. Crap. You’re just amazing. That’s stunning — sooo, sooo, cute. My head hurts just thinking about what goes on under those curly locks of yours. You ROCK Ms. Zombie!!!
March 10th, 2009I love your version of dollops of whipped cream! Now you’ve got me all excited about this project, guess I’m just going to have to make my own slice of cake pincushion and of course I’m going to need whipped cream. Thanks for the tutorial. Guess I’ll be going to Joann’s this week for that hexagon ruler. Like I need an excuse to go to Joann’s, well yeah, I guess I did. Fun Stuff. Love the strawberries too.
P.S. - Don’t forget to watch Sawyer this week on Lost.
March 10th, 2009CUTE!!!
I need to make something that needs whipped cream! Like a stuffed naked man. Uh, I mean uh.. something else that looks delicious with whipped cream.
:D
March 10th, 2009oh goodness like I don’t have enough ideas in my project file! That is the cutest slice of heaven I’ve ever seen. That whipped cream is to die for. Seriously how cute can it be. ooxx`jod
March 10th, 2009what the eff?!?!
you amaze me!!! all the time.
and i have to get this off of my chest…
March 10th, 2009i’m dying to see your march block for a tisket, a tasket.
literally dying.
maybe it’s because of the shamrocks…idk.
hahaha.
Cuteness BEYOND CUTENESS !!!!! You are a creative genious!!!!!…..and now I must excuse myself to go finish off the rest of the Cool Whip ….
March 10th, 2009OMG! that is TOO CUTE for words!!!! you are a genius, a GENIUS I say!!! I love it!!!!
March 10th, 2009Wow what a great tutorial and inspiring entry. I’m going to buy myself a ruler and make some flowers this weekend. Thank you so much for sharing your incredible ideas with all of us. I love your blog- you are the bomb!!
March 10th, 2009that cake really is delicious looking and the whipped cream tutorial is perfect! I’ve been wanting to make a pick-me-up gift for a friend and this would be a lovely addition to the package.
Thank you!
March 10th, 2009So incredibly yummy! I worship your crafting abilities. Thank so much for sharing. I have to make one of these slices of heaven really soon!
March 10th, 2009I’m waiting to see your colors on A Tisket, A Tasket. Your color choices are the best in the flikr photo montage! Thanks for the inspiration.
I just recently discovered your blog and I am so glad I did. Thanks for sharing your tutorial!
March 10th, 2009so adorable! so lovely! great photography! great tutorial! thanks for sharing…
March 10th, 2009meaghan
That is soooooooooo cute. cherry
March 10th, 2009Monica-
March 10th, 2009I am in love with it! Those pearl beads are the perfect finishing touch for the whipped cream. Love your crafty-licious vision girlfriend!
xo
Lori
You’ve taken the Cake on this one! That is one amazing piece of cake and I love all the embellishments. The whip cream and strawberries are awesome, a perfect topping to finish it off! Bravo!
March 10th, 2009Another good one from McZombie!!! Love it. And that whip cream looks delish. Fat free??
March 10th, 2009oh my gosh… that is so cute.. you are so very talented. Where did you find those wonderful pins with the hearts?
March 11th, 2009You are a creative genius! Looks good enough to eat and very low cal and low fat. Fabulous!
March 11th, 2009I love this cake, and so low in fat just what I need.
It’s fabulous, it looks great you are so clever.
Joanne x
March 11th, 2009Are those stick pins with hearts? SWOON!
March 11th, 2009Speechless! You must write a book on “Pincushions or Art”. I’m not kidding.
March 11th, 2009This is absolutely fabulous! You are seriously talented and your amazing creation is making me hungry. *wiping drool from bottom lip*
March 11th, 2009This is fantastic! Great work!
March 11th, 2009That is frickin’ adorable!! I like the one in the magazine, but this took it to a whole new level. Thanks! Now, I have to make one!!
Jeania
March 11th, 2009It is lucious looking. I just want a bite.
March 11th, 2009Very Cute!!!!!!!
March 11th, 2009That is so freaking cute!!! And clever! Now I have to go sew me some pie…
March 11th, 2009Why! Why did I read this post?! WHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYY! Now I have to make this too! Geez. My list is never-ending!
March 11th, 2009Perfect, thanks for the tutorial on the whipped cream. I have looked at making that before but the directions were too much for my patience too. I think your way looks wonderful and is much easier.
March 11th, 2009Good grief, could this get any cuter?? I don’t think so….and calorie free! Another fine product you have crafted, my dear!!
March 11th, 2009Good morning. I am soooo impressed I don’t even know what to say! I too am fascinated with making food out of felt/fabric. I just love looking at it. Now I can’t wait to make the whip cream. This is a brilliant idea on your part! Thanks for the tutorial….I’m hungry now! Big smile!
March 11th, 2009Blessings,
Debbie
You’re a freaking genius.
March 11th, 2009I always have to have the whipped cream!
This is adorable. Thanks for the tutorial!
March 11th, 2009It looks good enough to eat! You are so creative! Congratulations on your magazine article, too.
March 11th, 2009Cute…Cute…Cute!!!!!
March 11th, 2009So cute…and thanks so much for sharing the tutorial! I love the pearly beads …and the slice of cake is just heavenly…a real work of art!
March 11th, 2009You are an absolute genius! And now I’m HUNGRY!
March 11th, 2009Off to buy some whip cream :-)!!
March 11th, 2009This looks fabulous! And thank you for sharing the cream with us (O:
March 11th, 2009Thank you for sharing the dollops of whipped cream…it all looks delicious!!
March 11th, 2009You’re amazing! Love it, want to eat it! Thanks for the tutorial. Sorry my comment is so short but I have a sudden craving for whipped cream :)…
March 11th, 2009That is fantastic! I think they are perfect little squirts of whip cream. It is a good thing I am not there or I may have tried to lick one and impaled myself on one of those pins! Genius!
March 11th, 2009WOW!!!! Creativity plus. How about you share some with me. Totally awesome. I don’t have enough words to let you know how impressed I am!
March 11th, 2009Oh my gosh, that is the best looking piece of pie I have ever seen!!! Will you have a pattern for us soon? I love it!! Did I say I love it??? Thanks for the whipped cream tutorial!!
March 11th, 2009Oh I love it and I am always chanting “I need more Whipped Cream!” Great job on all of it!
March 11th, 2009I thought it was a fun pincushion to make but you took it over the moon and back again. Thanks for sharing the dollop of whipped creme recipe!
March 11th, 2009Oh my gosh, you’re a flippin’ genius!! Those dollops are amazing! That whole thing is giving me cravings. It’s just beautiful (and sadly inedible)!
March 11th, 2009Amazing! You are so clever and that little cake is so sweet. Felt whip cream flowerettes. How can you stand yourself?
March 12th, 2009you are so cute, topping without calories:)
March 12th, 2009thanks for the tutorial, XO
Ch.
OMG - how absolutely adorable! I love your whip cream…and such a great tutorial!
March 12th, 2009Oh my gosh your cake looks so great with the added details, I love the heart pins. Monica your stitching is gorgeous, you really know how to decorate a cake!
March 12th, 2009Luscious! Thanks for the details - I would have gotten a headache trying to figure out how you did that!
March 12th, 2009Oh gosh, that is so wonderful. Thanks for sharing!!!
March 12th, 2009Yesterday while at the quilt shop where I work, not one but two people came in with some “cake”, and now I see yet another piece. Now I don’t know whether to bake or sew. Way too cute.
March 12th, 2009Oh my oh my oh my…. You did it again! Things like this give me major heart palpitations and sometimes I faint a little… It’s GORGEOUS! I think I need to make this and your little mushroom fella to match. The strawberries and cream are divine. - W #3
March 12th, 2009Simply ingenious. They look perfect. Your handwork and work with wool is exceptional Monica. I’m very impressed with how you did this and how it all turned out including the strawberries and leaves. It really is a work of art.
March 12th, 2009put the coffee on sp - i’m on my way! ( i sooooo wish!!!)
xxx
March 12th, 2009OMG - I echo everything that has been said up above!! And after years of staying away from cake and whipped cream - I can now bring it back into my life where it belongs :>)
March 12th, 2009Cheers!
Gorgeous!
March 12th, 2009Absolutely 100% terrific! Thanks for all your bloggy inspiration and the tutorial. I may need to try this one soon.
March 13th, 2009So cute! You did a beautiful job on the details.
March 13th, 2009Okay. . . my jaw dropped open . . . (& not just because the subject was whipped cream!. . . .- although it does that for whipped cream too!) . . . I have noticed the word “genius” used several times - & I too am joining in on that chorus - You are a genius girl! Seriously so creative & your work is perfection. (I’m bowing here . . .!)
March 13th, 2009Love it & love you!
xo, Bren
how terrific. and great photography.
March 13th, 2009Oh my word. That is so adorable! And I love the little cream dollops.
March 13th, 2009Gorgeous beyond belief. And now please excuse me cause I have to go eat some whipped cream.
March 13th, 2009Oh, amazing. You have one of THOSE brains, the kind I always wanted, where problems start your mind working and then you bust out the perfect solution. Damn I wish I had that! Love those dollops to death. Thanks for sharing!
March 13th, 2009strawberries and whipped cream on red cake…it makes me wonder if you are not having an early spring on your side of the mountain, eating real strawberries and whipping your own cream from cows living on the dairy farm down the road from you a piece … and leaving us on the other side of the mountain in the cold :( it is C-O-L-D here!
but mostly i wanted to write and thank you for having me on your blog list because i get many, many visitors from your site. not that they stay long once they see i have no seams to share but they do stop in and that is nice to know :)
March 14th, 2009xox thanks!
Love the strawberries and cream! Now I have to get the ruler!
March 14th, 2009You make that look SO easy! Which means mine would probably look like cake that the dog got into! Great job, I’m hungry for cake!
March 15th, 2009your amazing! thanks for sharing!
March 15th, 2009omg. i am DEADLY in love with that one. not kidding ! OMGgggggg cuteness overload !!!
March 17th, 2009(sorry, i think this comment sounds quite a bit “too much” but i can’t help it)
hey also, just to let you know i linked you on my blog with a pic of that slice’o'cake.. xo
March 17th, 2009I think that is amazing.. great job and thanks for sharing. I might just put the up on our Diet Challenge Monday Post.. LOL
March 18th, 2009OMG. That’s got to be delicious!
March 19th, 2009Good god- the cuteness factor is through the roof and now you’ve gone and made me super hungry for naughty food. Yes, cake is NAUGHTY.
March 19th, 2009These little dollops/flowers are so clever! I so admire people who can come up with innovative construction techniques–nicely done!
March 19th, 2009I’m getting hungry when loking at your wonderful cakes!
March 20th, 2009How incredible ARE you??? Wait! I have my answer to that already, thank you. Non-fattening, adorable whipped cream dollops. WOW!!
March 20th, 2009How GREAT does that look? Good tutorial, too! I’ll have to put this on my LONG list of “things to do someday”.
March 24th, 2009Dang dang dang! You are sooooooo talented. I just love the whipped cream. It’s adorable, and so is your blue plate special.
March 25th, 2009Your whipped cream dollops are ingenius! Well done :)
April 2nd, 2009Wonderful!! Love the tutorial.
June 20th, 2009This piece of cake is a piece of art! I love your small ripcream flake!
June 24th, 2009Thankyou so much for sharing! Love your work and was wondering how they make those little cream puffs :)
February 19th, 2010By Golly…this is just sooo good, thank you so much…wonderful tutorial for cream dollops!
fulvia
February 27th, 2010Can you get any cuter?!! whipped cream dollops and fine china, too? You’re amazing! How do you have the heart to stick pins into your little slice of perfection? xo
April 8th, 2010