Mother's Day Cookies - Brush Embroidery and Filigree

While having dinner with my BFF and her family during a recent trip to Indiana, I couldn't help but notice the beautiful tablecloth. Of course I had to take a photo of it so that I could turn the design into a cookie when I returned to my studio! Since Mother's Day is right around the corner, I thought these would be perfect for the occasion.

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I made this shade of green using the new Wilton Color Right system. Click here to read more about it.

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Here are the other supplies that you'll need to make these Mother's Day Cookies:

• 3" round cookies (my Orange Vanilla Spice recipe is available in the tutorial shop)
• Flood consistency royal icing in pale green
• Stiff consistency royal icing in a slightly lighter shade of green
• 12" Decorating bags
• Decorating tip 3
• White pearl dust
• Soft brush
• Square tip brush
• Small cup of water
• Dry paper towel

Begin by icing the cookies in pale green flood consistency royal icing with a tip 3. Allow the icing to dry completely (about 8 hours). Once the icing is completely dry, cover it in white pearl dust using a soft brush. This will add a little bit of sparkle to the base layer of icing.

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Use stiff consistency icing in a lighter shade of green with a tip 3 to pipe a filigree design. There is a video on the filigree technique with a practice template available in my tutorial shop.

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To make brush embroidered flowers, pipe a ruffled line using the same stiff consistency icing that was used to pipe the filigree. Dip the square tip brush into a cup of water, blot the excess on a paper towel, and drag the icing toward the center of the flower. The brush embroidery technique is also available in a video in my tutorial shop.

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Continue to layer the brush embroidered petals until you reach the edge of the cookie. 

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Repeat the process to make leaves.

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Add dots and a bead border around the edge with the same the stiff consistency icing and tip 3.

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Allow the decorations to dry for another hour or so before handling the cookies.

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Happy Mother's Day!

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