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Watch Us Wednesdays-Make Spooky Halloween Puppets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNQ943zsDvo Diane Gilleland from CraftyPod shares a tutorial for making your own Halloween hand puppets. These puppets would be fun Halloween party favors! There’s a craft stick inside the skirt to make puppeteering easy for little hands. Older kids might enjoy adding the extra hand controls shown in the video [above]. Best of all, either version makes up in about an hour. I designed my puppet faces using a paint program on my computer and printed them on Spoonflower linen-cotton canvas. You’re welcome to download my file, or if you have…
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Friday Finds-Create-a-Strap Woven Mat by Carol C. Porter
The weekend is here. We have a fun, quick , cute project for you this weekend. Use left-over/odd sized remnants after making straps! Make any size you want. This is a quick and easy gift idea for wedding showers, housewarmings or just because you want to add a splash of color to you decor. -Carol C. Porter Supplies Create-a Strap 1” Art No. 9502 Create-a-Strap 5/8” Art No. 9510 2” wide fabric strips 1 3/8” wide fabric strips Sewing Machine & Thread Rotary Cutter Art No. 7500 Mat Art No.7522…
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Make it Monday with Eleanor Burns
Do you love ice cream? We certainly do. We love Eleanor Burns ice cream quilt. Download the free patten Ice Cream Quilt Pattern. Eleanor Burn is teaching at Fabric Fest, she is known for her Quilt in a Day TV series on PBS and is still broadcasting nationwide and abroad, even teaching in Japan. RFDTV, the Quilt channel and the Quilt in a Day’s Media Theater are other venues where the shows are viewed. Adding to all of that, she has developed her own “Signature” fabric lines with Benartex.
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Watch Us Wednesdays
We are celebrating National Sewing Month by traveling to Fabric Fest with Riley Blake Designs on September 9-12 in Las Vegas. Four days of quilting, sewing and creating until your heart’s content! Watch Nancy Zieman using her Dresden Plate & Fan Collection Quilt Templates.
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Watch Us Wednesday- Takumi Across the Globe
Takumi, a word that means skilled craftsmanship, is a perfect word to describe our high quality knitting needles and the process that goes into making them. Find out what knitters across the world have to say about Clover’s Takumi Bamboo knitting needles. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EebAenzL0LQ&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL5132C032F79ABB84] For more knitting inspiration, visit our Pinterest Knit and Purl Board and tell us why you choose Takumi.
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Bamboo Week
Everything is Bamboo this week at Clover. This strong and hardy fiber is used to create Clover’s Takumi Bamboo Knitting Needles. Clover uses a careful and detailed process to deliver exceptional Bamboo products. Find out more about what makes Clover’s knitting needles stand out from the rest in the links below. New to knitting? Our friends at the Knitting Channel will show you the way. Join Jill Moray as she provides step by step instructions for her revolutionary knitting technique known as the Knitting Pretty Method. Complete all your knitting…
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Make it Monday-E-Tablet & Paper Tablet Keepers
It’s that time again back to school season is right around the corner. There is still plenty of time to get your very own Nancy Zieman’s E-tablet & Paper Tablet Keeper Templates. Stand out from the rest by personalizing anything from E-tablets to Paper Tablet Keepers. Click the links below for great ideas. Clover’s E-Tablet Keeper Pinterest Board E-Tablet Tutorial with Nancy Zieman
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Make It Monday- Pom Pom Makers
Seeing as how Fall is right around the corner, today we thought we’d share with you some “spooky” inspiration. Click here for our Kids Crafts Halloween Series instructions to make Friendly Ghosts, Spooky Spiders, and some Pumpkin Decor with Clover’s Pom Pom Makers. Our Pom Pom Makers come in an assortment of sizes from X-Small to X-Large and let’s not forget the adorable heart shaped ones as well. Finished sizes range from 3/4″-4 1/2″. Change up the look of your finished Pom Pom by mixing fibers, using ribbon, or…
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Friday Finds – Handheld Stick Weaving
We’re thrilled to add Weaving Sticks to our line of craft tools just in time to for a bit of summer crafting fun. The Weaving Sticks are available to two sizes, fine and thick, for all your weaving needs. We created a new Handheld Stick Weaving Board on Pinterest this week to stash all the wonderful woven projects and inspiration we find to share with you. It’s a new board with room to grow. We’d love to add your creations, so please share links when you start weaving. In fact…
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Watch Us Wednesday – Tunisian Crochet
Have you ever wanted to crochet in the round? The Double Ended Tunisian Crochet Hook is the perfect tool for the job. You work with two skeins of yarn, either in different colors or the same color, depending on the design of your piece. This technique creates a woven finish that maintains its shape with limited stretch. Watch the video below for simple step-by-step instructions to get you started on this fun way to crochet. If you’d like to try this technique, Clover makes Double Ended Tunisian Crochet Hooks in…