DIY Cinnamon, Orange And Clove Candle

With the holiday season just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to start thinking about how to create a cozy and festive atmosphere in your home. And what better way to do that than by making your own handmade Christmas candle?

This DIY candle project uses a combination of cinnamon, orange, and clove essential oils to create a warm and inviting scent that’s perfect for the holiday season. The combination of these fragrances creates a beautiful aroma that’s reminiscent of Christmas, and is sure to fill your home with a delightful fragrance.

Not only is this candle recipe easy to follow, but it’s also a great way to customize your home decor to your personal taste. You can choose the type of wax, wick, and container that you prefer, and even experiment with different essential oil combinations to create a scent that’s uniquely yours.

In addition to being a fun and easy project, making your own Christmas candle also has the added benefit of being eco-friendly and cost-effective. By using natural ingredients and reusable containers, you can reduce your environmental footprint and save money on store-bought candles in the long run.

You can see the full tutorial here as well as tutorials for turning this candle into a gift set.

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A while back I made a little rainbow cross stitch pattern and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it, so I turned it into a patch. My idea was that it could be used on a jacket or backpack, or you could add a pin to the back and wear it temporarily on a shirt or elsewhere.

But what if you want to make your design more permanent? Is it possible to turn a piece of cross stitch into an iron-on design?

It turns out yes, it is, and Sirious Stitches has done it so I didn’t have to try to figure it out on my own.

The way they did it was by using HeatnBond, an iron-on adhesive that attaches fabrics without sewing. There was still sewing involved to finish the edges of the cross stitch fabric and make it look like a purchased patch. The post shows how to do this by hand or with your sewing machine. (I just did blanket stitch edging on mine, which doesn’t look like a “real” patch but is also a lot faster.)

Once you have the patch prepared it’s a pretty easy matter of using the fusible adhesive to the back of the patch so you can then iron it onto whatever jacket, pair of jeans, bag or whatever else you might want to add it to.

I guess I’m a little paranoid about the washability of cross stitch projects, though you could hand wash anything with an iron-on cross stitch patch as you might need to with a purchased iron-on patch, anyway. But this does look really cool and is a great option if you know you want to permanently add a cross stitch patch to a garment of bag.

Get the full tutorial over at Sirious Stitches. Would you add an iron-on cross stitch patch to something? I’d love to hear what you would use this technique for!

[Photo: Sirious Stitches]

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