A simple process enables you to coordinate your candles to every season, holiday, or special event.

Supplies:
– candle
– tulle or organza fabric that closely matches the color of your candle
– kk2000 temporary spray adhesive
– permanent multipurpose spray adhesive
– Floriani water soluble stabilizer
– embroidery design that fits on your candle. Choose a light to medium weight design without a lot of small detail. High stitch count designs don’t work well on tulle or organza. If your design has running stitches you will get better results with organza than with tulle.

Stitching the design:

1. Cut your tulle or organza and two pieces of stabilizer to fit your embroidery hoop.
2. To help prevent the fabric from slipping, spray the stabilizer with a small amount of kk2000 temporary adhesive.
3. Make a fabric sandwich – stabilizer, tulle or organza, stabilizer.
4. Hoop the three layers together.
5. Attach hoop to the machine and embroider the design.
6. When the design is finished, remove from the hoop and trim away excess stabilizer. Be careful to avoid cutting any of the design stitches. A close trimming is not necessary. Do not trim the tulle or organza.
7. Soak the design in warm water to remove the remainder of the stabilizer.
8. Let dry.

9. Trim excess fabric around design. A dense design may be trimmed closely, whereas a loose design may need the supporting tulle or organza to stabilize parts of the design.
10. Spray the back of the design with permanent adhesive.
11. Align the design on the candle. To hold the design in place while the adhesive dries, wrap a strip of plastic wrap around the candle.

If the design doesn’t stick to your candle, you can use some small pins to hold it in place.

Crystals can add a special touch. Applying crystals to the embroidery design before attaching the design to the candle is probably the best approach. If you check the pictures closely, you may notice that the crystals were added after the design was attached to the candle.  This second-thought application worked on the dense design, but probably would not work on a loose design.

When the candle begins to burn down, peel the embroidery off and reapply to a new candle.