Well as you can guess today’s Merry Christmas Mystery lesson was the candle. Light your fire is the perfect name for the sparkling candle accented with sequins and beads.

This week’s lesson really is a quick stitch.

The candle is of course the star of the show. The candle flame is Water N’Ice in Long Stitch and it just sparkles!!! The candle itself is 3 different stitches all quick and fun to do. The dripping candle wax is another quickie, flair in long stitches. Now here’s a little side note, if you want your candle wax to have a little yellow cast from the reflection of the candle flame, stitch areas in yellow first in plain old basketweave and then add the long stitches of flair over the top. The yellow shows through just a bit. Very cool effect.

We also did the green square in Star Octagon Stitch – that’s a fun little stitch that looks great in a combination of silk and metallic.

Haven’t decided if I want to do the ornament or the holly yet. Depends what arrives in beads and crystals early this week.