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    Yo-Yo Inspiration

    Yo-Yo Wine Bottle Sack This wine bottle sack is a perfect portable project, use up scrap fabric to embellish a wine bottle holder as a great DIY gift. Yo-yo’s can be easily made with Clover’s Quick Yo-Yo Makers which provide great texture and embellishments to any project. These templates are available in a variety of sizes and shapes including heart, butterfly, oval, and more. The template allows you to make evenly spaced stitches which create beautiful gathers uniformed yo-yos each time. Today’s the last day to enter our Summer Giveaway: Wrap…

  • Blog,  Embroidery

    Embroidered Cell Phone Case

    Embroidered Cell Phone Case with Felt It’s Summer! Isn’t it great? The only thing that’s not so great is that dreaded phrase all parents fear…. Mooom  (or Daaad) I’m BORED!!! Keep the kids from getting bored this summer by keeping their creative juices flowing and those little hands busy with some fun and easy crafty projects. Create a  cell phone/iPod case using felt sheets and embroidery stitches for embellishment. Help your children make it their own by adding initials, buttons, and other designs. Parental guidance is needed because of the…

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    Kanzashi Shopper’s Bag

    Create stylish embellishments with Clover’s Kanzashi Flower Makers. Although “Kanzashi” means “hair ornament” in Japanese, we’ve found that they can be used for so much more than that. Clover’s Kanzashi Flower Makers are reusable templates available in a variety of sizes and shapes. Daisy, Orchid, Round Petal, Pointed Petal, and Gathered Petal templates allow you create quick and easy designs. Designer Diane Gilleland shows us how to spruce up a shopping tote, create a flower brooch, and flower clip. Kanzashi Shopper’s Bag Instructions Kanzashi inspired projects Diane Gilleland is a designer, teacher,…

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    Paper Crafting with Flower Frill Templates

    It’s Summer and it’s time to celebrate the season by crafting some fiesta frills! Clover’s Flower Frill Templates allow you to create easy flip and fold flowers. There’s no doubt you’ll find something to accessorize with the range of sizes available. Flower Frill Templates are available in Extra Small & Mini, Small & Medium, and Large & Extra Large. One of the things we enjoy most at Clover, is finding that a tool works great with not only fabric but with different materials as well. You’ll find that using tissue…

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    Our Basket Is Full

    Our Basket is Full We have been crafting up a storm and now our baskets are full and ready to go for this weekend. Pom-Pom’s, Felting, Flower Frills, Kanzashi’s and more, when you’re using Clover crafting tools the possibilities are endless! Our little friend was made using Clover’s Pom Pom makers, shaping and piecing the pom pom together allows you to create all kinds of furry friends. The Single Needle Felting tool allowed us to detail the felted eggs. The 3-D designs and embellishments were easily created with the “pinpoint”…

  • Blog,  Felting

    Whimsical Felted Flowers

    Create fanciful floral felted designs. Spring is finally here. We’re enjoying the beautiful weather, green grass, and flowers in full bloom. The gorgeous scenery has inspired us to create some whimsical felted flowers. Beckie Hansen shares her technique for flower making with felt, find instructions and more felting inspiration listed below: Whimsical Felted Flowers Project Sheet Needle Felt Inspiration on Pinterest Clover’s Needle Felting Tools

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    Felting with Beads & a giveaway!

    Follow along with us all month long as we share projects, tutorials, and inspiration with Clover’s crafting tools. In celebration of National Craft Month we also have giveaways planned all month long! We want to see how you are celebrating National Craft Month and let us know what crafting tools you would like featured this month. Feedback is always appreciated! We’ve seen felt beads but have you ever tried felting WITH beads? Clover’s Pen Style Needle Felting Tool, Felting Claw, and Felting Needle Mat to create a heart shaped embellishment on…

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    March is National Craft Month

    We’re kicking off National Craft Month by showcasing many of the crafting tools Clover has to offer. Follow us all month long as we demonstrate and inspire with all things crafty. We want to see what crafty things you will be working on this month. All week long we’ll be discussing the Needle Felting Tools Clover offers. Be sure to share your felting projects using Clover tools. Needle Felting Tools Needle Felting Tool: Our Needle Felting Tool 5 barbed needles. Protective cover with locking ability.The tool has a spring type…

  • Blog,  Embroidery

    Embroidery Essentials Giveaway

    Embroidery is a relaxing and fairly easy and inexpensive craft to do. You use needle and thread to add decorative stitches to your fabric or textile of choice. We love the fun and creative patterns from our friends at Sublime Stitching. Not only are these unique patterns available for purchase but you will also find detailed hand embroidery tutorials from Jenny Hart. The Sublime Stitching team offers many great resources such as tricks, techniques, and great tutorials. The “Under the Sea” pattern is on it’s way to being a completed work of wall…