Our guest blogger this month is Diane Gilleland, author of Kanzashi In Bloom, published by Watson-Guptill, and Editor-in-Chief of CRAFT.   [slideshow] I do a little bit of just about every craft under the sun, but one thing I do make a lot of is flowers. A flower form, whether it’s a rosette or a shaggy mum or a flat daisy, is just the perfect small project, and a lovely way to mess around with a new craft technique and see what possibilities are in it. So, given my years…

Our guest blogger this month is Marcia Layton, author and pattern designer with a decided penchant for using yo-yos on her quilts. She’s authored two books, both published by Martingale & Company — Handprint Quilts (2003), and Calendar Kids (2007). I wasn’t always obsessed with yo-yos. I started my quilting career back in the late 1990s by making little quilts with children’s handprints. I was a preschool teacher at the time and had plenty of little handprints to play with. I started experimenting and dreaming about all the different things…

Our guest blogger this month is Nancy Zieman, producer of Nancy Zieman Productions, author, pattern designer, business woman, home economist, national sewing authority, and host of the popular television show Sewing With Nancy. She also partners with Clover to develop unique, high quality sewing and quilting tools. One of the most frequently asked questions I get is, “How do you find the time to sew?” I have the same problem you have – there’s not nearly enough time in a day, which is why I write books and develop products…

Hi everyone. We’re adding a new feature to the Clover blog – guest bloggers! Today we’re excited to share a project from craft extraordinaire Maria Nerius. Maria is a designer for FaveCrafts.com and calls herself “a Clover tool freak and pom-pom queen”. “I have everything Clover!” she says. “They’re great tools that make crafting fun and easy.” Pom Pom Flowers by Maria Nerius Have you started your Spring Cleaning yet? It’s an annual tradition here at Nerius House & DogHouse Studios. The house gets sparkling and the studio, well, the…

Hi everyone. Fran was kind enough to share her blog space with me so I could share some holiday memories. By the way, I work closely with Fran as Clover’s Communications Consultant. On to those memories. This time of year always reminds me of the gifts my grandmother so lovingly created for the entire family. She loved to crochet and would spend hours and hours each day making mittens, scarves, afghans, and sweaters for her sons, daughter, their spouses, and all the grandchildren. Perhaps my favorite gift of all was…