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Vintage Patchwork Jeans- Sewing Tutorial
Hey everyone! This is Cheri from Tinkerellen. If you follow me on Instagram you know really well how much I enjoy thrifting AND customizing almost everything I own. It’s such a great and inexpensive way to create a completely custom wardrobe, as I’m about to show you, using some vintage linens, quilting cotton and a pair of second-hand jeans. Let’s get started with some Clover supplies and any vintage items you’d like to reuse. I’ve found myself some quilt scraps along with old handiwork linens to incorporate. Several items…
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The Woolly Petals Project Tote- Sewing Tutorial
Hi and welcome to the new year! My name is Faith Essenburg, quilter, maker and mom to three boys. I contribute to Clover monthly and this month was asked to show a patchwork tote, and lucky for us my friend Kristen of @wollypetals went and made this wonderfully large tote that is just perfect. This is a free pattern with loads of instructions that can be found HERE. And if you need more inspiration for fabrics and ideas check out the #woollypetalsprojecttote, I think it’s safe to say this…
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Felted Daisy Keychain- DIY Craft
Hey Clover Family, it’s Danielle from sprinklesofzeal, and this month I’m back to share how to create a felted daisy keychain. It’s been a while since I last used felt for a project, so I’m excited to share something new with you. Clover has some excellent needle-felting products on the market that I have enjoyed using for quite some time. Not only do the tools feel comfortable in your hand, but they also have excellent safety features, like the locked option and the plastic appliqué mold. Today we will use…
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Making A Quiet Busy Book {Part Two} – Sewing Tutorial
Hello Friends! I’m back with Part Two of the Quiet Book series! If you missed Part One you can find it here. Lets start by talking about the activity pages you plan to do. I discovered that people have amazing, creative ideas for all kinds of activity pages and so many of them are shared on Pinterest. So, I really drew my ideas from there and didn’t go wild on thinking up my own! I limited my activity pages to five to get started. As soon as…
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Making A Quiet Busy Book {Part One}- Sewing Tutorial
Happy New Year Friends!!! I can’t even tell you how excited I am about this blog post today! I’ve had on my mind for some time the need to make a Quiet Book for a precious grand-baby in my life and it occurred to me that you might also want to make one – but maybe you’re not quite sure where to start! Well I’m happy to tell you that I’m going to make one with YOU!!! This will be a series of four blog posts and today we are jumping right…
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Embroidered Ornament- DIY
Hey there, it’s Cheri from Tinkerellen and Tinkinstitches here to show you how to create an easy embroidered tree ornament to impress your friends this Christmas. These make great gifts for teachers, helpers, friends and even mailpersons. In fact, I may make one for our mail lady this week! The most fun part about this project is picking out a holiday fabric you love. I found this great Santa-themed green fabric from a local big box craft shop, but there are loads of fabrics you could pick up online or…
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Colorful Pom-Pom Holiday Garland- DIY
Happy December! Elizabeth here with Country Peony. It is officially Christmas here in the Country Peony Studio, and I am so excited to share a fun tutorial with you today. When I was planning for my Pink Christmas in the studio I wanted it to be full of whimsical moments that felt fun and inspirational. Today I am so excited to partner with Clover to bring you a tutorial that has those qualities: Colorful Pom-Pom Garland. Several years ago, I created a Colorful Pom-Pom Christmas Tree using Clover’s incredible Pom-Pom…
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Ghost Tassel Garland- DIY
Happy Halloween! Elizabeth here with Country Peony. This time of the year I love to embrace the cute and whimsical decorative aspects of Halloween versus the spooky and scary. Today’s project definitely falls under the cute and whimsical category. I am so excited to work with Clover’s amazing Tassel Maker to make a ghost tassel garland for Halloween. The beauty with this DIY is that it is so simple to make, and you can customize the colors to fit your design style. I chose a fun color scheme to match my…
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Candy Corn Bunting -Tutorial
Hi and welcome back to more sewing fun! My name is Faith Essenburg and I am one of the contributors for Clover. I try to keep my posts cute and fun and also share lots of step-by-step pictures for those of us who are visual learners. Today I have a scrappy Candy Corn Bunting that is quick enough to make in time for Halloween and cute enough to leave up until Thanksgiving! Let’s get started! What you will need: six scrap fabrics each of orange, yellow and low volume, fabric…
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Millicent the Softie (Halloween Pattern!)
This is Millicent. Firstly, she wants to thank everyone at Clover for inviting her to spend Halloween with them. Millicent is, as you can see, a monster. In fact, she’s a mommy monster. From the outside, she might look different to people you know, but on the inside, which is after all the most important side, she’s as soft and caring as any mom is. Moreover, Millicent is a zenki softie, which means, she’s a unique kind of softie that I created to be super-fun and super-simple for parents and teachers to…
