Hold the lily nail in your left (right if left-handed) hand and rotate out to the ends of your fingers the same way you use the other flower nails.
To produce flowers with the lily nail, you first must line the nail
with foil-this makes producing flowers and their removal from the nail
easy!
To Position Foil in Nail
Place an aluminum foil square in the bottom half of the 1 5/8" lily
nail. Press down gently with the top half, lift off.
Some flowers require a shallower foil cup. For those flowers, push
foil 1/2 way into the nail.
Getting Ready:
* Position foil fully in 1 5/8 in. lily nail
* Prepare two parchment bags, one with tip 68, one with tip 14
* Add piping gel to stiff consistency royal icing; white for petals
(tip 68) green for center (tip 14); fill bags half full
Icing: stiff consistency royal with piping gel added
Nail: 1 5/8 in. lily nail
Tips: 68, 14
Positions:
— Bag: 45° angle at 3:00 (9:00-lefties) for petals, 90° angle
for center
— Nail: in left (right) hand
— Tips:
For petals: lightly touching surface of nail, wide opening parallel
to surface.
For center: slightly above flower
Sequence
1. Insert tip 68 into lily nail. Squeeze hard and pipe petal, pulling
up and slightly over edge of foil cup; relax pressure, stop and pull away.
2. Pipe 2 more petals, dividing the nail into thirds. Add 3 more petals
in the open spaces.
3. Pipe tip 14 star in the base of flower; brush center with damp decorator's
brush to blend.
Sprinkle with edible glitter.
4. Insert seven stamens: one taller center, 6 shorter around center.
Stamens
available here
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