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It’s a Pearly New Year at Clover
The new year brings us into our 30th Anniversary here at Clover Needlecraft U.S.A. We’re planning a year long celebration of our Pearl Anniversary and hope you’ll join us. The celebration begins next week at the Craft and Hobby Association Trade Show (CHA) in Anaheim, California. After that, we’ll be celebrating at The National Needle Arts Trade Show (TNNA) in Long Beach, CA at the end of the month. We plan to to share photos and updates with you from these two wonderful trade shows that aren’t open to the public,…
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Kanzashi Holiday Tree Centerpiece
Holiday Tree Centerpiece by Alicia Carr Materials: Large Daisy Kanzashi Art No. 8489 Small Daisy Kanzashi Art No. 8488 58 Gold Bells 6” Diameter Styrofoam Base 8” High Styrofoam Cone 2 ½” Pom-Pom Maker Art No. 3126 1 reel Mini Quick Bias Tape Art No. 730 Gold 12” Square White Felt to cover Base 1/3 yd. Green Felt to cover Tree Cone & Flower Backs 5 ½ yds Total of assorted Christmas Fabrics Quilting Pins Art No. 2508 Instructions: Step 1: Make 24 large Daisies (11 petals each) following package…
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Holiday French Knitter Ornaments
Ornaments by Terry Ricioli General Information & Supplies: All ornaments use Method A from the package instructions 4-peg Head 18 gauge plastic-covered craft wire Wire Cutters Tapestry Needle Clear Thread for hanging Note: For easy bead stringing on the cord; wrap end with clear tape.
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Holiday Clam Shell Cases
By Fran Ortmeyer Make these traditional or contemporary with your color choice and embellishing techniques. Fran chose red and green fabrics for the clam shells; then dipped into her sequins, bead and crochet thread for embellishments. This is a great opportunity to try many embroidery techniques, hand-painting, or felting to create beautiful and unusual ornaments. Clam Shell Templates are available in small, medium & large. For more information on assembling The Clam Shell Cases Hagalos tradicional o contemporáneo con tus colores favoritos y técnica para embellecer. Fran escojio telas verdes…
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Amour Crochet Hooks By Fran Ortmeyer
Love is in the air!! At least at Clover it is…we have a new line of crochet hooks that you are going to absolutely LOVE…..no pun intended!!
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Stacking Pins and Stacking Cases
Time to organize the “straight pin” mess! Clover presents a unique and clever system for separating and storing your straight pins. The New Stacking Pins are clever, unique, and portable! Available in Applique, Quilting, and Patchwork Pins. Pins are made from high quality steel with heat resistant glass head See-through cylinder case with secure cap Stable and fits to all case sizes
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How to Make Kanzashi in Paper by Diane Gilleland
How to Make Kanzashi in Paper by Diane Gilleland If you’ve been using and loving Clover’s Kanzashi Makers with fabrics, give them a try sometime with heavyweight crepe paper. It makes beautiful flowers for gift toppers and cards, party favors, bridal, costuming, decor and much more. In this tutorial, I’ll show you the ins and outs of how to use this material with Clover’s Kanzashi tools, and how to add some pretty flourishes to your finished flowers.
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Kanzashi Necklace
This month we are focusing on our two new Kanzashi Flower Templates, the Orchid and Daisy. These designs lend beauty to necklaces by using both flowers & sizes and portions of the flower petals. Add whimsy to a sundress or add glamour to a cocktail dress…easy to construct and lots of kudos in return! Daisy Orchid
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Return from TNNA
The Clover crew just returned from beautiful (and hot) Columbus, Ohio and The National Needlework (TNNA) show. For us in the Northwest the heat and sunshine each day was mind boggling but much enjoyed.
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Kanzashi “Tree of Life” Wall Decor
Clover has done it again, adding two NEW Kanzashi styles to their existing Kanzashi makers. The daisy and orchid flowers will have you hooked and wanting to embellish everything in site! This month the Clover Blog will be featuring how to embellish with all the Kanzashi Flower Makers. The new daisy and orchid are so beautifully created that you will be proud and want to display them in your home or office. Alicia Carr, Clover’s in-house designer, created a one of a kind Kanzashi “Tree of Life” home décor wall…