Ruffle border practice sheet
A frilly ruffle with a petal tip, in a line, a roll and swags. Keep the wide end of the tip against the cake.
Petal tip 104
Tip 104: what it pipes, with free practice sheets
Tip 104 is a petal tip for ruffles, swags and rose petals. One of our free sheets uses it.
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Quick answer
Use tip 104 for ruffles, swags and rose petals. Our free sheets use it for 4 strokes on the ruffle border sheet: ruffle (10 mm), with the bag held at 45°.
About tip 104
Tip 104 is a petal tip for ruffles, swags and rose petals. One end of its opening is wider than the other, so which way you hold it matters: our ruffle sheet asks you to keep the wide end down against the surface.
On the ruffle border sheet, the only sheet marked confident, you wiggle the tip as you squeeze and move forward steadily. The rows go from a straight ruffle to a rolling wave, swags that hang between two points and arches that rise and fall like scallops.
What tip 104 pipes
- Ruffles
- Swags
- Rose petals
How to pipe with it
The rhythm and bag angle our sheets use for each shape, in the order you squeeze.
Ruffles: squeeze, wiggle, move
Keep the wide end of the tip down, wiggle it as you squeeze, and move forward steadily. Hold the bag at 45 degrees.
How big our sheets size it
Each template on our sheets is drawn as wide as the icing should be. For tip 104, that is about:
| Technique | Bead or unit size on our sheets |
|---|---|
| ruffle | about 10 mm |
Your bead can come out a little bigger or smaller depending on your icing and how hard you squeeze. The score checks that it stays even and on the template.
Every stroke tip 104 pipes on our sheets
Ruffle border
- Stroke 1: a 142 mm ruffle with a frill about every 16 mm. Keep the wide end of the tip down, wiggle it as you squeeze, and move forward steadily.
- Stroke 2: a 161 mm ruffle with a frill about every 16 mm. Follow the rolling wave and keep the frills the same size.
- Stroke 3: a 191 mm ruffle with a frill about every 16 mm. Swags: let the ruffle hang down between two points and come back up.
- Stroke 4: a 195 mm ruffle with a frill about every 16 mm. Arches: the ruffle rises and falls like a row of scallops.
Mistakes to watch with tip 104
- Thin then thick: Keep the same squeeze and the same speed from start to finish, following the pacer.
- Gaps and breaks: Keep the same gentle squeeze all the way and only stop squeezing at the very end.
- Drifting off the line: Hold the bag at 45 degrees and aim the tip right on the grey line, not beside it.
- Different sizes: Count the same rhythm for every one (squeeze, ease, pull) so each gets the same amount of icing.
Tip 104 in the 30-day challenge
You need tip 104 on 2 of the 30 days in the 30-day piping challenge:
- Day 17 · New sheet · ruffle borderWide end of the tip against the sheet, wiggle as you squeeze, move forward steadily. The hardest sheet: expect a lower score.
- Day 22 · Repeat · ruffle borderRepeat of day 17. Follow the rolling wave and keep the frills the same size.
