{"id":15783,"date":"2016-02-21T19:01:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T19:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cake-geek.com\/?p=15783"},"modified":"2021-03-14T15:44:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T15:44:38","slug":"sewing-knitting-crafting-cakes-for-crafters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/sewing-knitting-crafting-cakes-for-crafters\/","title":{"rendered":"Sewing, Knitting & Crafting Cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sewing, knitting and crafting cakes are having a moment right now in the world of birthday and special occasion cakes with the fabric arts enjoying a parallel resurgence with baking and the art of cake decorating.<\/p>\n

It’s a great cake design idea for retirements, Mother’s Day and grandparents’ special occasions too.<\/p>\n

Our feature cake above (left) is a beautifully elegant sewing cake by Emma Jayne Cake Design<\/a> in her trademark pastel perfection palette with exquisite attention to detail. On the right, The Cake Mamas<\/a> bring a touch of Beatrix Potter to her imaginatively pretty knitting cake design with a classic gingham side design.<\/p>\n

A Cath Kidson-inspired floral knitting basket overflows with marvellous sugarcrafted details onto a woodgrain board in this terrific cake by Laura Jane Cake Design<\/a>, below left.\u00a0 On the right, Orietta Basso<\/a> incorporates a cast of sugarcrafted characters in her sewing themed cake again in splendid detail.<\/p>\n

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Knitting and sewing accessories in pastel shades are artfully strewn across this pretty cake by Mrs Bakes of Gosport, perfect for a special crafter’s birthday or as a Mother’s Day tribute.<\/p>\n

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Two fabulous knitting cakes feature below – a beautifully detailed knitting basket by Eat Cake Party<\/a> (left) and a pretty quilted design (right) by Truly Scrumptious Cakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Another of Dot Clerk of Eat Cake Party’s almost photorealistic cake designs – a lavish crafter’s basket and balls of knitting wool design on a fabric effect board with scattered buttons and a pretty floral accent.<\/p>\n

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Crafty cupcakes for Mother’s Day feature below in a palette of purple and lavender with pretty fabric effect embossed details by Cakes by No More Tiers, York<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Pastel buttons and ric-rac ribbon make a pretty side design for this crafting cake with rag doll cake toper by Sonhos de Encantar Bolos Decorados<\/a> (left), while on the right, Angela Tran of Sugar Sweets Cakes and Treats have created a knitting basket cake tutorial which she shares here: knitting cake tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A crafter’s basket cake complete with a bottle of sherry for a comedy touch makes a great cake design from Cake That Bradford<\/a> (below left), while a miniature sewing machine and eyelet lace\/broderie anglaise trim make incredibly pretty details on this Red Carousel<\/a> design, below right.<\/p>\n

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A 3D sewing machine in cake is guaranteed to take any crafter’s breath away with the design below by Mrs. Bakes of Gosport, and on the right, a brilliantly imaginative set of cake toppers\/sugarcrafted balls of wool from Handmade Charlotte<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Below, Mrs Bakes of Gossport takes you through the steps in creating her sewing machine cake above.<\/p>\n

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The New Dehli Cake Co<\/a>. have created this beautiful sewing themed cake for dressmaker or crafter’s birthday complete with dressmaker’s dummy\/mannequin and an embroidery frame with the birthday greeting. Coordinating cupcakes on the right bring an extra touch of elegance to this pretty party display.<\/p>\n

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The outstanding sewing box birthday cake below was created by Enna’s Cake Design<\/a> in magnificent detail, right down to the gingham lining, butterfly embossed sewing box and pretty hexagonal tiling on the board.<\/p>\n

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While the beautiful cupcakes below are slightly off theme, we nonetheless think they make a magnificent birthday gift – what baking fanatic wouldn’t love these for Mother’s Day or a special birthday. What inspired us to include them in this week’s collection is that they would look equally fantastic with miniature sewing machines for a crafting themed party. These miniatures were created by The Cupcake Lady\/Janet O’Sullivan Cake Design and inspired by Cakes by Lorinda<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the right, a sugarcrafted sewing machine makes a wow cake topper on this funky red and white polka dotted cake by Dulces Bocados por Karla P.<\/p>\n

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This wonderful vintage Singer sewing machine was crafted by Edible Essence Cake Art<\/a> right down to every antique detail. To learn how to recreate your own antique 3D sewing machine cake, check out Zoe Clark’s book – Chic & Unique Vintage Cakes<\/a>– for full instructions.<\/p>\n

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The traditional art of embroidery provides the inspiration for this wonderful Tortasticarnia<\/a> cake design, with the cake cleverly fashioned as an embroidery hoop and surrounded with scattered sewing notions and tools.<\/p>\n

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Sewing, knitting and crafting cakes are having a moment right now in the world of birthday and special occasion cakes with the fabric arts enjoying a parallel resurgence with baking and the art of cake decorating. It’s a great cake design idea for retirements, Mother’s Day and grandparents’ special occasions too. Our feature cake above […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[167],"class_list":["post-15783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-novelty-cake-designs-and-tutorials","tag-birthday-cake-ideas-2","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}