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Watch Us Wednesday – Grandmother’s One Patch Collection
Nancy Zieman demonstrates Clover Trace n Create Quilt Templates making two difficult quilt block shapes easier and faster. First she demonstrates the trapezoid shape for the Tumbler Block Design, and then she shows you how to make faux hexagons to create Grandmother’s Flower Garden Design. Both of these designs are available in one collection and each one makes four different sizes of blocks. You can create beautiful updated traditional quilt designs faster and easier with the Trace n Create Quilt Templates. We’re traveling to Quilt Market in Portland this week. We…
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Make It Monday – Grandmother’s One Patch Table Runner
Wouldn’t you love to get the look of hexagons without all the intricate Y-seams? Nancy Zieman created the Trace n Create Quilt Template for Grandmother’s One-Patch Collection that does just that. It includes super-size two traditional quit blocks – Faux Hexagon and Tumbler designs with one template collection. Both templates provide four different sizes. Fast piecing with no Y-seams! Here’s a link to the instructions to create a Grandmother’s Flower Garden Table Runner to show you a bit more how it works. Have you ever pieced with hexagons?
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Friday Finds – Needle Felting
As the weather heats up and it gets too warm to work on big wool projects, needle felting is a great substitute. We found a few small projects to share today that we hope inspire you the way they did us. Felted Dotty Necklace (shown) from Lindsay Obermeyer Needle Felted Garland from Lauren and Limn and Lovely Felted Buttons from JoJo’s Crafty Love Needle Felted Acorns from Torie Jayne Our line of needle felting tools make felting safer and easier for you. When working on small projects, the Needle Felting Claw…
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Watch Us Wednesday – Needle Felting on Silk Scarf
Did you know you can needle felt wool roving into a silk scarf? It works because they’re both natural fibers and is such a fun way to needle felt. It changes the hand of the silk and gives it a very interesting texture. You can create any design you can imagine from abstract to imagery. Here’s a very quick trade show demonstration video showing the process. http://youtu.be/ZWmfo8NyUD0 You can find our complete line of needle felting products on this link.
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We Have a Winner!
Thank you to each and every one of you who entered our May Flowers Giveaway. We were thrilled to receive over 500 entries! The randomly chosen winner of this giveaway is Regina Furman. We just sent an email requesting her shipping address, to send her new creative toys out. Congratulations Regina! We’ll post a new contest later this month, and Nancy Zieman is giving away a pair of Bordeaux Ultimate Embroidery Scissors on her blog. Leave a comment on her blog before May 11th, for a chance to win. Good luck!
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Last Day to Enter May Flowers Giveaway
There’s still time to enter our May Flowers Giveaway and share it with your friends. Click on the words May Flowers Giveaway above, and follow the instructions to enter. This contest closes at midnight PDT. Good luck!
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Make It Monday – Whimsical Felted Flowers
Needle felting is a fun way to embellish fashion and home decorating projects. The beautiful flower on the left was created by the very talented Beckie Hansen. She shared her process with us, so we could share it with you. You can download the printable directions on this link. Clover has a whole line of tools to make needle felting safer, faster, and easier for you. We’d love to hear about your needle felting adventures.
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Friday Finds – Fabric Flowers
We enjoyed sharing our flower making tools and projects with you all during April. Today we’re wrapping it all up with a few of the newest flower finds that found us swooning. Wearable Flower Wreath Tutorial by Emily Mother’s Day Pom-Pom Bouquet Tutorial by Mom Advice Fuzzy Flowers by Fiona Review of Clover Protect and Grip Thimbles by Everything is not Black & White Hand stitching is easier with a good thimble, so we included a recent review for you. Here’s the link to all Clover Thimbles if you’re in…
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Watch Us Wednesday – Kanzashi Flower Maker
We’d love to take you along to trade shows with us. Scrap Time filmed this demonstration at Winter CHA in Anaheim earlier this year, so we can do so virtually. You’ll see the flower wreath we shared earlier this week in the video as well as how simple it is to stitch petals with the Kanzashi Flower Makers. The other two products shown in the video are our Dome Threaded Needle Case and Ultimate Bent Scissors. A big thank you to our friends at Scrap Time for taking the time…
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April Showers Bring May Flowers Giveaway
All month long we’ve shared projects featuring our flower making tools. Now we’d like to share a few of those tools with one lucky reader. You increase your chances of winning by following all the entry options in the prize entry box you can find by clicking on the words May Flower Giveaway below. The prize package is valued at over $60 MSRP and includes: Yo Yo Makers in Large and XL Kanzashi Flower Maker in XS and Large Flower Frill in Mini, XS, Large, and XL Hana Ami Flower…