Apr 25
Last week my sewing room went on the road! One of my most favorite activities is attending my Quilt Group’s retreat. This was our 24thretreat together, we started retreats in1986.
Can’t leave anything at home…I might need it!
Destination is Ocean Shores, Washington. One of our members has a home there and most of us arrive by Wednesday afternoon. Read more
Organization basket ideas!
One great way to use the Basket Frames is for storage. So this week, we will be creating baskets to store our craft supplies and tools to organize our craft table. Let’s use ribbons and raffia with our Basket Frames to create our baskets.
A bucketful of ribbons and raffia’s! Beautiful and vibrant colors!
We alternate different colors of raffia to give this Large Square Basket interest.
Oval Basket (Large): Made with red ribbon with a touch of green ribbon on the rim.
Oval Basket (Small) and Round Basket (Small) – Made with pink and silver raffia’s and ribbon on the rim with Kanzashi Flower. The other basket was made with white raffia and the rim was made with the French Knitter.
Our craft supplies and tools are now neatly organized!
Till next week!
April 26 – Hand-made Gift Basket ideas
Win a gift basket valued at $100.
Apr 18
My neighbor’s mare dropped a foal about 4 days ago and I have been trying to get a picture of the baby all morning but mama is still very protective and continues to put herself between my camera and the baby. Spring is without a doubt here….on drives down into the valley there are new lambs frolicking in the pastures…new life is everywhere!
I was blessed with a 4 day quilt retreat with my quilt group, Laid Back Ladies of the Block, and have returned refreshed and encouraged to spend more time with my quilting. Carol Porter is a member of the group and will have pictures and stories to share in her blog. Several of our members knit as well as quilt and there were needles clicking away over the days we spent together.
Quilter’s and Sewers make your fabric stash useful!
Do you need to make a dent in your fabric stash? Why not make them useful by making hand-made baskets? It’s easy and they’re a lot of fun to make. We’ll show today how you can transform your stashed fabrics to fabulous hand-made baskets.
Apr 10
I’ve been given the opportunity to have my own Blog Space on the Clover Needlecraft Blog. Though I wonder sometimes how truly exciting my life is, you are welcome to join me on my creative journey anyway.
I am a seamstress, quilter, designer, teacher, author, knitter, wife, mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother! As the Director of Education for Clover I need to know every tool and technique that Clover produces…so now, I can honestly add that I have learned the “Art of Crafting” as well.
Apr 5
We LOVE this month’s product feature because you can easily create beautiful baskets in an instant! The Basket Frames are ideal for small storage around-the-house or it can be used for other purposes. Imagine organizing in-style! Whether you use yarns, raffias or fabric strips, you can achieve personalized baskets with little effort. Each week we will be featuring hand-made baskets for the home, office and special occasions.
