One bag. Next bag, run a stripe up the opposite side and you will get one bright line, and one faint line. Or, just run another gel line up the side you already used.
you will get carpal tunnel piping roses with an 18" bag
they are just my go to -- no washing -- I love less refills but I could not make a rose with one as big as yours -- squeezing an 18 inch bag -- that ultimately will be 8 or 9 inches long once filled -- and twirling a rose nail with accuracy makes my wrists hurt -- that's a ton of strength to push through that giant mass of icing -- an 18 is gonna be maybe five inches around at the top of the icing -- so you're pushing through, moving a lot of icing to get that teeny tiny petal out -- no reason to use that much strength -- work smarter not harder -- right -- filling more bags is easy compared to the amount of strength you will expend until you work out about half of the icing --
now if your icing is super whippy and light -- an 18 might be cool -- but not me using American bc --
and a lot of times you take a huge bag like that and twist it off down closer to the tip -- so it's twisted off twice -- and when that's piped out -- then release that lower twist -- and push more icing down from the back of the bag -- but that would mess up the stripe some --
idk --
and just for the record -- one of my favorite things is to fill a small red, brown, grass green, orange and a large gold color bag -- then take an empty bag and drop a leaf tube or cut it to make a leaf (parchment) and pipe a line up the sides of all the colors then fill the bag with the gold -- makes the most beautiful fall changing leaves --
so you can use colored icing to pipe the stripe in the bag too -- like follow the seam --
anyway --
I can[t use such large bags either :) I mostly used 10"er - either parchment or Wilton cloth(?) - can't think - they are a sort of plastic but don't dry hard like plastics do (I've had a few of those - UUGGG!) .
K8 - I used to teach a class on how to make up fall colors in b'cream can't remember - I think the instructions are on this site somewhere. Make up a batch of b'cream (using 2# of sugar) and color it one color (yellow?), remove 1/4 of it, add another color (red?) to that; remove 1/3 adding another color to that, and romove 1/2 adding another color. Or maybe it was reversed - removing 1/2, then 1/3, then 1/4? Oohhh how I wish I could remember such things! When I don't use a thought I forget :( Yet, there are some things I remember - like making a rose, and other flowers; riding a bike etc, etc. Don't you hate getting old? :(
lynne -- yes in a way but I try to stay positive -- but it is a challenge -- although I just stepped out of a hot Epsom salt bath so I actually feel pretty ok right now -- and I'm in the process of having my hair analyzed for whatever things my body may be deficient in -- and she will write me up a plan and help me with all that -- I stopped most all of my arthritis meds - they don't work -- so i'm trying something new --
and try meditation -- it really helps the brain -- you can sign up for free -- https://www.headspace.com/
even just the deep breathing and the free ten minute thing Really helps -- that's really all one needs try it :) if you can --
but you are right -- it is quite challenging
and our basic colors were made for us -- so all I had to do was walk over and fill my bags -- we had to mix anything that wasn't there but -- yeah I love to do cakes & stuff -- just think if this new thing works maybe I can do a little something -- hope hope hope
lynne -- the breathing taught in the meditation increases blood flow to the brain and it's a good thing srsly
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