Embroidered Hurricane Candle Wrap

Supplies & Materials:

Supplies Needed:

**Glass hurricane candle holder (cylindrical or square with open top)

**Pillar or flameless candle

**1/2 yard polyester organza

**Heavy weight water-soluble stabilizer (we prefer Sulky Ultra Solvy)

**Temporary spray adhesive (we prefer Gunold KK100)

**Air-erase pen or other marking tool

**7/8 inch wide double fold bias tape quilt binding or 1 1/2 inch wide ribbon

**Tape measure

**Paper towels

When burning candles, please remember the following tips:

- Never leave burning candles unattended

- Do not burn near flammable objects such as curtains, lampshades, or blankets

- Burn only on heat resistant surfaces - they can become hot enough to damage furniture

- Do not move a burning candle, or place in a draft

- Keep candle free of foreign material - matches, wick clippings

- Keep wick trimmed to 1/4 inch (about the thickness of a pencil) to avoid excessive smoking

- Do not burn if the hurricane is cracked

- Discontinue burning when less than 1/2 inch of wax remains

The designs used in this tutorial include:

- D2151,Simply Spooky Jack-o-Lantern Square
- A8590, Christmas Angel and Tree (Toile)

Gather Materials:

To begin, use the tape measure to get the circumference of the candle holder. This measurement will determine the width of the fabric for the wrap.

Clear cylindrical glass vase on wood surface with a yellow measuring tape around its midpoint showing about 14 inches, held by a hand with a silver ring.

Now, measure the height of the holder. Since our holder has a lip at the top and a base at the bottom, we are only measuring the height of the glass section.

Add one inch to the width measurement for a seam allowance. Our candle holder measured 15 1/8 inches wide by 8 3/4 inches high. Our final dimensions for the fabric will be 16 1/8 inches wide by 8 3/4 inches high

Clear cylindrical glass hurricane candle holder measured with yellow tape, approximately 7 inches tall, placed on a wood grain surface.

If you have embroidery software, print a template of the design to use for placement. If you don't have embroidery software, you can cut a piece of paper the shape and dimensions of the design to help with placement and centering.

Place the template on the candle holder to make sure the design fits well. There should be at least 1 1/2 inches between the top and bottom edges of the design and the top and bottom edges of the glass.

Clear glass hurricane candle holder with a white embroidered fabric wrap featuring orange pumpkin, leaves, and vine designs, held by a hand.

Cut a piece of the organza a few inches larger than the dimensions you just measured. Also, be sure to cut the fabric about one inch larger than your hoop.

Rectangular wooden table with a clear plastic embroidery hoop, a folded red fabric inside, and an orange-handled scissors on the right.

Cut a piece of the heavy weight water soluble stabilizer (we prefer Sulky Ultra Solvy) just a bit larger than your hoop.

Spray the stabilizer with a small amount of temporary spray adhesive and smooth the fabric on top.

A person's hand rests on a piece of reddish-orange translucent fabric with a shiny, smooth plastic-like surface, placed on a wooden table.

Draw a rectangle shape on the fabric using the dimensions you measured for the fabric.

Clear plastic sheet layered over a rectangular piece of orange fabric on a wood surface, with a metal ruler measuring the fabric width.

Using an air-erase pen or other marking tool, find the center point on the fabric by measuring each side and dividing by two.

Then, draw lines to connect the marks, where the lines meet is the center point of the shape.

Hand marking a design on translucent orange fabric with chalk. Lines and an oval shape are drawn. A clear acrylic ruler is nearby on a wood surface.

Start Embroidering:

Hoop the fabric and stabilizer together by aligning the marks on the hoop with the lines on the fabric.

If you like, you may wind a bobbin with the same thread you are using in the top. This will give the back of the embroidery more of a finished look.

White embroidery hoop holding red fabric and stabilizer, centered on wooden table, with markings on fabric inside hoop.

Attach the hoop to the machine and load the embroidery design.

Move the hoop so that the needle is directly over the center point on the fabric.

Embroider the design.

Embroidery machine stitching black thread design of a jack-o'-lantern pumpkin with swirly leaves on pink fabric held in an embroidery hoop.

When the design has finished, unhoop the fabric and carefully trim any long bobbin stitches on the back of the embroidery.

Close-up of hand using orange-handled scissors to cut light pink fabric with black and white leaf embroidery on a soft pink surface.

Cut out the shape.

Hand cutting a pink fabric with a black embroidered design featuring a rose, leaves, and a six-pointed star in a circle on a wooden surface.

Trim the excess stabilizer on the back of the embroidery.

Close-up of a hand holding orange-handled scissors cutting a transparent sheet with silver embroidered floral and leaf designs on a wooden surface.

Soak the fabric in hot tap water to remove excess stabilizer.

Be sure to soak the fabric until all of the stabilizer has been removed.

Hand holding a sheer fabric with black embroidered rose design submerged in a rectangular clear plastic tub filled with water on a wooden surface.

Blot the fabric with paper towels and allow it to air dry.

Hand holds white cloth wiping or cleaning black embroidered candle wrap on pink fabric with white and gold border details on wooden surface.

Once the fabric is dry, we will add the trim.

Cut two strips of quilt binding bias tape (if you are using ribbon, those instructions are listed in a few steps) a bit longer than the top and bottom edges of the fabric. Wrap the tape around the top and bottom edges and pin in place.

Orange translucent fabric with black floral embroidery pinned to a wooden surface, bordered on top and bottom by black fabric strips with snap fasteners, a hand partially visible.

Sew a 1/8 inch seam along the inner edges of the tape.

Close-up of white sewing machine stitching black fabric binding onto pink cloth with black embroidered floral design, on wooden table background.

Trim the ends of the tape at each end.

Close-up of a red-orange sheer fabric with a black sewn edge strip being cut with stainless steel Fiskars scissors on a wood surface.

You can also create trim using ribbon.

Cut two strips of 1 1/2 inch wide ribbon a bit longer than the top and bottom edges of the fabric. Fold the ribbon lengthwise and press with an iron. Then, wrap the ribbon around the top and bottom edges of the fabric and pin in place. Sew a 1/8 inch seam along the inner edges of the ribbon.