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Watch Us Wednesday- Flower Frill Embellishments
Have some Flower Frill fun by adding embellishments to your headbands, sandals, napkin rings, and more! Check out this project sheet for more inspiration and tips on attachment methods. We have a quick instructional video to share with you today on how to make Clover’s Flower Frills. Be sure to share your finished projects with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQVpIKuAGKg&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL5CtqoNhlTkGnz40tFkSU7kCLcT_1GJKC]
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Make it Monday – Flower Frills
Need an easy way to use up extra scraps of fabric? Try using Clover’s Flower Frill templates! These reusable templates make it easy. Just use a square piece of fabric to fold on the template and trim. Depending on the look you are trying to achieve, you will need to make between 15-30 petals for each flower. Flower Frills are sold two sizes per pack and includes two templates for each size, sizes range from mini to extra large. Use silk, linen, tulle or even tissue paper. Check out the…
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Watch Us Wednesdays-Yo-Yo Makers
Lions, Elephants, and Ladybugs! Watch as Nancy Zieman and guest Donna Fenske make adorable appliqué critters with our Yo-Yo Makers. Traditionally, Yo-Yos are hand sewn with a scrap piece of fabric. Nancy and Donna show you that Clover’s Yo-Yo Makers cut the time in half and you will always end up with uniformed results. Use them to embellish purses, backpacks, garments and more. Clover’s quick and easy Yo-Yo Makers come in a range of sizes and shapes, such as hearts, flowers, and butterflies! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhg0xOj25fM]
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Watch Us Wednesday – Woven Baskets
You can weave custom baskets with our Basket Frames, available in 3 sizes of these shapes; round, oval, and square. The baskets can be created with any fiber that is flexible enough to weave including yarn, raffia, ribbon, fabric strips, and twine. Imagine being able to create the exact color match to your home decorating projects or for your next party or gift giving needs. It’s a quick weaving project to create a custom look.
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Make It Monday – Basket Weaving
Have you ever thought about creating custom baskets to match your home decor? We have Basket Frames that make it a very simple process to weave custom basket designs. Each package comes with two frames, so you can make one to keep and one to give away. The frames are available in three shapes; oval, round, and square. Each shape is available in three sizes. You can create the baskets with just about any fiber you can imagine. Here’s a link to an instruction sheet we created demonstrating how to…
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Watch Us Wednesday – Bead Embroidery
Tambour is the art of embroidering with a fine hook into a fine cloth stretched on a hoop. Our line of Katan Couture Bead Embroidery Tools and accessories help you create beautiful motifs using sequins and beads to embellish your designs. You thread the beads or sequins using our needle threader before you begin, and work the tool from the backside of the fabric while working the beads from the front. The results are stunning. Fran Ortmeyer introduces the tools and process in this brief video:
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Friday Finds – Kanzashi
Carol Porter created this fantastic display of the Kanzashi Flower Makers and finished flowers for her class at Portland Quilt Market. She used a cookie sheet with adhesive magnets on the back of each flower and template in her beautifully color coordinated guide to the available shapes and sizes of Kanzashi Flower Makers. The flowers shown from left to right are round petal, pointed petal, orchid petal, gathered petal, and daisy petal. The sizes from top to bottom are extra small, small, and large. It’s prettier than a sheet of…
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Watch Us Wednesday – New Single Needle Felting Tool
We had a most wonderful time at the International Quilt Market in Portland this past weekend where we introduced our new Single Needle Felting Tool. It’s lightweight and ergonomically designed to reduce hand fatigue. It has our new Speed Needle with more barbs concentrated on the needle so your projects work up faster. Here’s a video we filmed with all the details. These new tools will be available at your favorite retailers soon. If you can’t wait, you can find the tool and the speed needle refills along with all…
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Make It Monday – Flower Wreath
Spring is a wonderful time to decorate with a new wreath. We wrapped a styrofoam wreath with burlap, and then created a garden of fabric flower embellishements using the extra small Kanzashi Flower Makers. The centers of the flowers are a mix of buttons, seed beads, and rolled twine. You can see more particulars of the design with matching candle holder and frame on this link to the project inspiration sheet. We hope you’re inspired to create a new wreath for your spring decorating.
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Make It Monday – Pom Pom Hydrangeas
Have you tried making pom-poms with fabric? It gives the pom-pom a whole new look, perfect for a spring bouquet. It’s easy to do if you use a rotary cutter to cut the fabric, and is a wonderful way to use scraps from quilting and sewing projects. Here’s the link to all the directions for the flowers shown on the left. The little trick to get the fluffy look is giving the pom-poms a trim at the end with pinking shears. It’s the little touches that make all the difference.…