What is it? – Few knitting tools are more useful than a quality interchangeable circular knitting needle assortment. At home or on the road it’s like having a knitting shop in a case. 

Clover Mini Beading Loom with instructor Steve Butler 

We are pleased to celebrate one year of Tool School during the month of July. Throughout the year we have explored Clover tools with Steve Butler the sales manager here at Clover. Steve has expertise in the sewing and needlecraft industry. Co-founder of Superior Threads. Steve has taught numerous classes at all major sewing machine conventions, regional trade shows, international Quilt Market, various machine embroidery venues and has been a four time repeat guest on Martha Pullen’s popular PBS series, “Martha’s Sewing Room”. We’ve had a blast and hope you…

Tool School with Instructor Steve Butler 6-in-1 Stick ‘n Stitch Guide by Nancy Zieman What is it?– We take such great care with our sewn projects.  Crafts, quilts, fashion, home décor, it doesn’t matter what.  We envision exactly what we want to create.  Once we have that picture, everything about it has to be just perfect.  Patterns, fabrics, threads, and accessories are all selected with great care.  We measure, mark, cut, pin and press with precision.  And then, well, then we put it all together.  We sit down at our sewing…

What is it? – By a show of hands how many of you really like to iron? Exactly, not many hands. We usually iron what we have to iron and not until we have to. The unfortunate fallout is that because of this our irons often become the most neglected tools in our sewing arsenal. Through the process of creating our masterpieces our irons pick up deposits from the materials we use. Sizing, fusibles, spray adhesives and sticky back stabilizers are some of the villains. It’s unavoidable. Take a look…