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tube slightly and come back to the starting pointrelaxing pressure as shown in step 2. The secondpetal is started directly beside the first. Apply pres- sure, move the tube out, pivot the narrow end of thetube, relax pressure and come back. This procedure is continued until five petals are completed. Tinyyellow stamens are then placed in the center of theflower.

HALF CARNATION

In order to create the desired effect of broken petaltips, it is necessary to use a very dry icing. To make your icing dry, simply add powdered sugar to theparticular icing that you are using. Fill a No. 104tube with pink or red icing. For practice hold thecone with the large end of the tube against the panat an angle of 45 degrees. Squeeze the cone liftingslowly about1/4 inch off the surface, jiggling the cone as you squeeze to achieve the wavy effect and jagged edge. Upon reaching a height of 1/4of an inch, re-

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