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Bead Embroidery “Kantan Couture” Tool
What is it?-To most of us “couture” means high fashion and rightly so. It’s something special, something elegant. Unfortunately it also often means something expensive and something unreachable for most of us. It’s custom made clothing and accessories made by the most exclusive designers. And often the feature that sets the couture garment apart from the ordinary is the manner of embellishment. A mesmerizing array of decorative threads, sequins and beads applied with infinite creative design adds the zing to the bling. World famous designers and an army of skilled…
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Tassel Makers & Handy Thread Twister
What does it do? – Using Clover tassel makers allows us to select from a variety of yarns, threads, cords or other fiber type materials to make the perfect size, shape and color tassel to compliment every project. The Clover Tassel Maker is available in two sizes. Additionally, Clover’s Handy Thread Twister allows us make the perfect cord for every tassel or decorative cording requirement. Tassel Maker – The Tassel Maker is available in two sizes, large and small. The large tassel maker has preset finished tassel sizes of 2…
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Flower Frill Templates
What is it? – Henry Beecher famously wrote, “Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into.” Claude Monet felt that he owed his iconic professional career to flowers. And don’t even get started with poets. But how do we feel about flowers? They’re important to us too. We use them to say I love you, I’m sorry, good luck, congratulations or get well. And we use them not only to adorn all of the special occasions of our lives but also…
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Beading Loom and Accessories
What is it? – Bead weaving is Monet one pixel at a time. That legendary renaissance artist blended an exquisite pallet of pigments to create breathtaking landscapes. Now modern artists can align an exquisite pallet of bead shapes, sizes, colors and textures to create the perfect jeweled accessory for any occasion or application. The potential spectrum of personal expression is truly unlimited. Genius in its simplicity, the modern bead loom makes it all possible. It is the beading equivalent of Monet’s talented brush. The function of the loom serves…
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“Hana-Ami” Flower Loom
What is it? – Have you ever had the desire to go head-to-head with Mother Nature in a flower making contest? Okay, maybe not. Perhaps you’re just in a creative mood and looking for some floral inspiration. In either case Clover’s Hana-Ami Flower Loom is just what you need to put those perfect petals in place. It has almost unlimited creative potential and it’s just plain fun to watch all that creativity be realized with a beautiful flower that you designed. Most of the things we make with sewing,…
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Pom-Pom Makers
What is it? – Think of the stereotypical ski hat and you’ll realize that it just wouldn’t be complete without a pom-pom on the pointy tip. Actually I think it’s a requirement. But pom-poms are much more than funny hats emblazoned with snowflakes and deer heads. Pom-poms are everywhere we look. Home decor, jewelry, fashion accessories, bags or blankets are all pom-pom destinations. Very popular today but oh so hard to make and even more difficult to make two or more that are identical. Producing pom-poms that are durable and…
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Wonder Knitter
What is it? – As children, most of us can remember having an old wooden spool with four rounded metal pegs protruding from one end. By threading yarn up through the center and then wrapping the yarn around the pegs we could maneuver bottom loops over top loops. As a result we were able to form some very cool woven strands or, as known to some, i-cords. The resulting knitted braids, or i-cords, were very attractive and actually had many applications. These cords were used as fashion accessories and embellishments,…
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Mini Beading Loom
What is it? – As children, many of us went to scout camp or attended other summer activities where beading was a staple activity. It was fun, fast, creative and we were left with something that was uniquely ours. Unknowingly that was our introduction to an art form that was thousands of years old. From the earliest of times our ancestors were accessorizing their clothes, their tools and even themselves with beads. They were worn, traded and valued by the owner. Happily bead weaving is alive and well today and…
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Easter Felted Pincushion
Designed by Jennifer Greenwald Easter is a few days away and we, at Clover, used our felting tools and Create-a-Pincushion to make an Easter themed pincushion. Learn about our tools and how this project came about.
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Felting
What is it? – Needle felting is an age old art form that has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity and is being enthusiastically embraced by an increasingly wide spectrum of creative expression. Art, jewelry, fashion embellishment, home decor, toys . . . it does them all. Needle felting techniques are applied globally but are adapted locally in the expression of unique traditions, cultures or other expressive preferences. In its most basic form the process of felting employs a felting needle to interlock carded wool or synthetic fibers into a more…
