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Mini Yo-Yo Hanging- DIY
Hi friends! My name is Faith Essenburg and I am back with another make that I hope you will love. This month I wanted to make something completely unnecessary but totally enjoyable because sometimes we just need a little happy sewing therapy. There are so many wonderful sewing notions and tools from Clover that I love, and one that I go to over and over again for fun sewing are the Yo-Yo makers. For todays make you will need the following: 30mm Yo-Yo maker 9 cuts of 3×3 inch fabric…
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Green Yo-Yo Pillow- Sewing Tutorial
Hi Friends! I’m back this month with a fun and easy make! I made this in two evenings of sewing and I am so happy with how it turned out. If you don’t already know me, my name is Faith Essenburg and I make pretty things and am a social media manager between sewing, my three boys and two huskies. This month Clover asked for a project with yo-yo’s and green for St. Patrick’s Day, this one is so pretty I’ll be leaving it out all year. I love the…
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The Woolly Petals Project Tote- Sewing Tutorial
Hi and welcome to the new year! My name is Faith Essenburg, quilter, maker and mom to three boys. I contribute to Clover monthly and this month was asked to show a patchwork tote, and lucky for us my friend Kristen of @wollypetals went and made this wonderfully large tote that is just perfect. This is a free pattern with loads of instructions that can be found HERE. And if you need more inspiration for fabrics and ideas check out the #woollypetalsprojecttote, I think it’s safe to say this…
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Easy Liberty Scrunchies in Two Sizes – Sewing Project
Hi everyone! Faith Essenburg here and I am back with a quick and classic make; the Scrunchie. These little guys are just about the quickest thing to sew up and make fun little gifts and ways to show off a tiny bit of your favorite fabrics such as those special Liberty prints you’ve been saving.
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Yo-Yo Pillow Tutorial – Sewing Project
One of my favorite crafty/quilty projects is the ever classic yo-yo. I love how all it takes is a scrap of fabric and a few minutes to stitch it up into the cutest little thing, and then add that cute little thing to a project and you have something extra special.
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What’s New? – Winter 2021
Hello! Faith here! It’s been a little while but I’m back on the Clover blog to share some fun information with you! Today I’ll be telling you about four new products from Clover and the uses I’ve found for them so far!
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Quick Guide to: Trace ‘n Create Templates by Faith Essenburg
This week I have been playing with templates from Clover called Trace ‘n Create Quilt and I just had the most fun with them. I decided on both projects that I would make pillow covers and although similar in make and form they came out totally different and I love each one! I started with the Lone Star Collection and a stack of Anna Maria Horner fabrics.
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NEW Flexible Rubber Thimbles Review with Faith Essenburg
By Faith Essenburg This week I had the chance to try out Clover’s newest product; the Flexible Rubber Thimbles and they came just in time for my latest hand quilting project. They come in sets of two, with three sizes so of course I had to give them all a try to find the perfect fit.
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Easy Cutting Tips for English Paper Piecing
I wanted to share with you a few easy tips I use for cutting my fabrics to English Paper Piece. On my first EPP project I had acrylic templates making it easy to cut the fabric shapes, this time around I don’t have cutting templates and my first block was a bit messy and wasted more fabric than I like to.
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Little Balloon Quilt
A while back I saw a beautiful vintage balloon quilt on Pinterest that I couldn’t get out of my mind. So much detail and hand quilting, I just had to make a version of my own.
