Clover Needlecraft
Offering the highest quality sewing, quilting, knitting, crocheting, needleart, beading and craft supplies. Company Overview Clover brings you the best in quality and value for all your craft projects. Manufacturer of premium Sewing, Quilting, Knitting, Crocheting, Needleart, Beading, and Craft Supplies.
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10 Bag Makeover Tips from Nancy Zieman
Featuring Trace ‘n Create Bag Template “Town & Country Collection” Metro Bag Guest Blog Posting by Nancy Zieman I’m excited to be the guest blogger in the first of Clover’s Bag Makeovers Series. Throughout the month of May, we’ll be sharing the latest bag making techniques and notions. Plus I’ll be sharing my favorite tips for quick and easy bag-sewing methods along with the inside scoop on how I give my bags the couture-look.
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Gift giving with the Basket Frames
We always think of ways to use our basket frames…then the gift basket idea came to mind. Here we made a beautiful gift set perfect for friends, co-workers, siblings, and parents! Check out what we’ve created!
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On the Road Quilting Retreat
Last week my sewing room went on the road! One of my most favorite activities is attending my Quilt Group’s retreat. This was our 24thretreat together, we started retreats in1986. Destination is Ocean Shores, Washington. One of our members has a home there and most of us arrive by Wednesday afternoon.
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Baskets made with Ribbons and Raffia
Organization basket ideas! One great way to use the Basket Frames is for storage. So this week, we will be creating baskets to store our craft supplies and tools to organize our craft table. Let’s use ribbons and raffia with our Basket Frames to create our baskets. A bucketful of ribbons and raffia’s! Beautiful and vibrant colors! We alternate different colors of raffia to give this Large Square Basket interest. Oval Basket (Large): Made with red ribbon with a touch of green ribbon on the rim. Oval Basket (Small) and…
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Quilt Retreat & Tunisian Techniques
My neighbor’s mare dropped a foal about 4 days ago and I have been trying to get a picture of the baby all morning but mama is still very protective and continues to put herself between my camera and the baby. Spring is without a doubt here….on drives down into the valley there are new lambs frolicking in the pastures…new life is everywhere! I was blessed with a 4 day quilt retreat with my quilt group, Laid Back Ladies of the Block, and have returned refreshed and encouraged to spend…
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Baskets Made with Fabric
Quilter’s and Sewers make your fabric stash useful! Do you need to make a dent in your fabric stash? Why not make them useful by making hand-made baskets? It’s easy and they’re a lot of fun to make. We’ll show today how you can transform your stashed fabrics to fabulous hand-made baskets.
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Carol’s Sewing Room!
I’ve been given the opportunity to have my own Blog Space on the Clover Needlecraft Blog. Though I wonder sometimes how truly exciting my life is, you are welcome to join me on my creative journey anyway. I am a seamstress, quilter, designer, teacher, author, knitter, wife, mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother! As the Director of Education for Clover I need to know every tool and technique that Clover produces…so now, I can honestly add that I have learned the “Art of Crafting” as well.
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Hand-Made, Hand Woven Baskets
We LOVE this month’s product feature because you can easily create beautiful baskets in an instant! The Basket Frames are ideal for small storage around-the-house or it can be used for other purposes. Imagine organizing in-style! Whether you use yarns, raffias or fabric strips, you can achieve personalized baskets with little effort. Each week we will be featuring hand-made baskets for the home, office and special occasions.
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Keeping Warm with Tunisian Crochet
WOW!!!! The sun is out and the temps are in the 50’s…a real heat wave. The weather has tried to drown us this winter and according the newscasters it is a record breaking year for rain fall. We are all so proud of this great honor and are sending requests to Mother Nature to share this rain with those in need for we are not worthy of such a gift. It doesn’t seem to be working as rain is predicted for tonight and tomorrow. At least today is partially sunny…
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Playful Embellishments
On the market today are a myriad of artful pendants that are just waiting to be added to your French Knitted Necklaces. We have had a wonderful time embellishing our French Knitter creations and are continuing to think of new ideas.