Leaves practice sheet
Leaves with a leaf tip in a row, in pairs, in a wreath and in a fan. They frame any flower.
Leaf tip 352
Tip 352: what it pipes, with free practice sheets
Tip 352 is a leaf tip for leaves and foliage around flowers. One of our free sheets uses it.
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Quick answer
Use tip 352 for leaves and foliage around flowers. Our free sheets use it for 4 strokes on the leaves sheet: leaves (7 mm), with the bag held at 45°.
About tip 352
Tip 352 is a leaf tip for leaves and foliage around piped flowers. On our leaves sheet it pipes single leaves in a row, pairs from one point, a wreath and a fan of five.
Each leaf is squeeze, pull and ease with the bag at 45 degrees: squeeze to build the base, pull gently toward the point, then stop and lift away. Leaves pair well with the rosette and drop flower sheets, because they are what you pipe around a flower.
What tip 352 pipes
- Leaves
- Foliage around flowers
How to pipe with it
The rhythm and bag angle our sheets use for each shape, in the order you squeeze.
Leaves: squeeze, pull, ease
Squeeze to build the leaf, pull gently toward the tip, then stop and lift away. 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 352, that is about:
| Technique | Bead or unit size on our sheets |
|---|---|
| leaves | about 7 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 352 pipes on our sheets
Leaves
- Stroke 1: 6 leaves, about 15 mm long each. Squeeze to build the leaf, pull gently toward the tip, then stop and lift away.
- Stroke 2: 8 leaves, about 15 mm long each. Pairs of leaves from one point: one left, one right.
- Stroke 3: 8 leaves, about 15 mm long each. A wreath of leaves: start at the top and pipe each leaf outward from the middle.
- Stroke 4: 5 leaves, about 18 mm long each. A fan of five leaves from one point, left to right.
Mistakes to watch with tip 352
- Different sizes: Count the same rhythm for every one (squeeze, ease, pull) so each gets the same amount of icing.
- Drifting off the line: Hold the bag at 45 degrees and aim the tip right on the grey line, not beside it.
- Gaps and breaks: Keep the same gentle squeeze all the way and only stop squeezing at the very end.
Tip 352 in the 30-day challenge
You need tip 352 on 2 of the 30 days in the 30-day piping challenge:
- Day 16 · New sheet · leavesSqueeze to build the leaf, pull gently toward the tip, then stop and lift away.
- Day 24 · Repeat · leavesRepeat of day 16. Pairs of leaves from one point: one left, one right.
