I have an order for a Coach purse coming up & was wondering the best way to apply the "C's" on the bag?

Stencil? Fondant cut out? Paint?

I'm thinking all of these ways will be difficult!! Is there a fool-proof way??

Don't know if this is helpful, but I know I have seen a template for the Coach C's in the templates in the Gallery. I'd love to know as well, b/c I have a co-worker who is obsessed with coach and I'd love to do one for her birthday!

Try using a 50/50 mixture of gumpaste and fondant or only gumpaste. This has worked well for me in the past. Just make a template and use it as a guide when cutting out your letters. Cutouts made out of only gumpaste will hold their shape the best. Good luck!

i've only done 1 handbag cake and it was a coach (it's in my pics). since the cake was to be iced in BC i used fondant for the c's made with oval cutters. i sure learned a lot and there's things i will do differently next time. i found out it helps to let the fondant set up for like 3-5 min before placing it on the BC as you really only have 1 shot. a couple of my c's are a bit wonky. of course it'd be totally different if the cake is covered in fondant.

Here's my Coach bag. I cut out a template from paper and held it on the fondant and made a scratch line around it with a toothpick. I painted the Cs in with dust and vodka. Tried a few things before that, but the last method seemed to work for me.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1210528

LOL...wonky!
I use that word all of the time. My hubby makes fun of me, but now I can tell him that I am completely normal!

The Coach bag I did was covered in fondant and what I did was go to Michael's and bought a wooden alphabet stamp set (I looked a bit for the alphabet set that had a "c" like the Coach "c"). Then I mix up some food coloring and a dab of water and used the stamp with it and stamped my cake.

yeah - i think the stamping is easier, but first practice stamping a bit so that you can get the right consistency of the food coloring and water. you want clear, crisp letters. good luck!

Thanks!

moralna--I don't see the coach bag in your photos. Am I just missing it? Could you give us a link?

I did this one usign the 'pin-prick method' but I think next time I'll do the stencil method.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1336317
I had a hard time with the pin-prick method though...if you don't know how's is done is like this: draw your Cs on wax paper...place the wax paper on your cake/purse and then you poke little holes all around the Cs with a pin or a needle. When you lift the wax paper you'll have an impression of the Cs on your cake. After that you just draw the Cs with an edible marker and paint them. It's a long process if you're doing a big cake...that's why I did a small RKT purse
Good luck

I used the cutout methos I used the oval cutout set from Wilton. I had the larger oval and used the next smallest and cut out the rest leaving behind a C. You can check out my diaper bag in my photos. Oh and I used only fondant but I let it dry a little before cutting so they hold their shape then attach to cake.

I don't know if this has been posted or not but here is a coach purse template of Cs. http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1222865

Rosie2 your purse looks good.

The Coach bag is in my photos. I am not sure how to post a pic - can someone tell me.

Here's my two cake purses, I made a stencil (in 3 different sizes) using the Coach template provided here on CC.

I used a template I made for myself and cut out each individual C which was sooooooo irritating! I liked the idea of painting with dust and vodka. I have an airbrush now so next time I'll try a stencil with the airbrush.

If I may add in here, I did one of these and it was horrible! I made my own cookie cutter and did them with fondant. Do not, I repeat, Do not do it that way. Unless of course you are better at making cookie cutters! I had a heck of a time and only had about 1 usable one out of every 5 I cut. The reason you ask? See that little chunk thing on the tip of the thin part of that C? Got stuck every time. Of course I could just be challenged! lol I would def go for the painting method and put a big pocket on the front to lessen the number of C's you actually have to do. There is a pic of mine in my photos if you want to learn from my mistakes! LOL Let us know how it goes and good luck!

Candynumer1, I love both your Coach purses, but since pink is my favorite color I love the pink purse

Jimandmollie, I saw your purse and I think is cute! I also tried to experiment cutting the Cs but I found that yes, I am challenged in that area LOL And, at first I did tried to do a stencil, but believe or not, I couldn't cut a darn Cs straight!!...errr could I also be challenged in that area??? yikes!!! I wanted to come up with a perfect C and I never did...he,he

Love all the purses!

Not to be a wet blanket, but isn't there a whole big issue about selling purses with logos being ...ahem...against copywrite laws? Just an FYI