Is There A Chart For Dragees Needed Per Tier?

Decorating By MCook Updated 19 Sep 2007 , 2:28am by MCook

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MCook Posted 19 Sep 2007 , 1:44am
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I have a wedding cake order that will be 14-12-10-6" squares. The 14-12 & 6 will have impression mat lattice on all sides with gold dragees at each cross of the line.
Question: is there a chart somewhere that tells have many dragees I will need for each size tier? Is there a simple way of figuring this that I'm just not seeing?
Will measuring my mat, multiplying how many times it will be needed to go around each tier and then multiplying the "intersections" on the mat work?
Help! I feel like I'm making something hard out of something simple, but my tired brain has just quit on me icon_cry.gif
TIA

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tiggy2 Posted 19 Sep 2007 , 2:00am
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I'm not aware of any such chart. If you want to go to the trouble of measuring and multiplying that should come close.

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Narie Posted 19 Sep 2007 , 2:16am
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http://www.earlenescakes.com/PearlInfo.html

This is for pearls, but dragees would work the same way. Hope this helps.

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MCook Posted 19 Sep 2007 , 2:28am
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Narie,
thanks--I forgot about Earlene's site---DUH!!! that's where I had seen a chart!


Thanks again

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