AT Designer Handbag Course

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Lesson 1 – Carving and Shaping the Cake

This lesson should be preceded by Introductions with health and safety notices. Duration 20 mins

Demo: 10mins    Activity: 15 mins

  • Cutting the shape
  • Carving the barrel shape
  • Aligning the cake on the board
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Lesson 2 – Stacking and Layering the Cake

Demo: 15mins    Activity: 10 mins

  • Aligning the sandwich pieces of the cake
  • Layering with ganache
  • Putting the cake back together and spreading out the ganache

 

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Lesson 3 – Covering the sides with Ganache

Demo: 5mins    Activity: 15 mins

  • Apply a generous layer of ganche to both sides of the handbag
  • Spread evently allowing to overflow at the edges
  • Smooth with a hot pallete knife

 

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Lesson 4 – Covering the bag with ganache

Demo: 10mins    Activity: 15 mins

  • Trimming the ganche from the sides
  • Applying ganache generously to the body of the handbag
  • Achieving a smooth finish with a palette knife

 

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Lesson 5 – Finising the ganache

Demo: 10mins    Activity: 10 mins

  • Fill in any holes the may have appeared
  • Using your palette knife achieve the smooth finish
  • Finally smooth with a wet pastry brush

 

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Lesson 6 – Covering the cake

Demo: 20mins    Activity: 35 mins

  • Cover the main body of the handbag first
  • Add the side panels
  • Finish with your preferred texturised mat

LUNCH 35 mins

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Lesson 7 – Adding the trim

Demo: 5mins    Activity: 10 mins

  • Roll out a couple of long sausages
  • Carefully add to cover the joins between the side panel and main body
  • Smooth of to ensure neat finish

 

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Lesson 8 – Adding the flap

Demo: 20mins    Activity: 20 mins

  • Cut out the shape of the flap using a card template
  • Use the template to cut the sugarpaste shape
  • Add to the cake and ensure a neat finish

 

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Lesson 9 – Adding the handle

Demo: 10mins    Activity: 15 mins

  • Cut out the shape of the handle using a card template
  • Use the template to cut the sugarpaste shape
  • Add to the cake and ensure a neat finish

 

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Lesson 10 – Making the buckle, rings and zip

Demo: 10mins    Activity: 30 mins

  • Using flour paste and a template cut out the lock
  • The rings are created by wrapping a sausage around a round cutter
  • Create the zip, again with flour paste

 

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Lesson 11 – Adding the buckle, rings and zip

Demo: 15mins    Activity: 25 mins

  • Dust the decorations with your choice of colour
  • Add the decorations to the handbag
  • stand back and make any final adjustments before it sets

 

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Lesson 12 – Adding the straps, buckle pin and covering the board

Demo: 15mins    Activity: 35 mins

  • Create and add the straps
  • Time to now add the little buckle pin
  • Add the ruffle effect to cover the board

 

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Lesson 13 – Finishing touches

Demo: 5mins    Activity: 30 mins

  • Add the ribbon
  • Any final adjustments
  • Finish with a modest spraying with the PME glaze

Class photos 10 mins

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