Four Road Trip Friendly Projects with Clover ‘s Fiber Arts Tools Round Up

Four Road Trip Friendly Projects with Clover ‘s Fiber Arts Tools Round Up

The summer road trip season is here! Today we’re sharing four roadtrip friendly Needle Arts Projects with Clover’s Needle Arts Tools! Plus Shop Our Summer Savings SALE now through June 30th at ShopNZP.com and at The Nancy Zieman Sewing Studio and Quilt Shop!

In today’s blog posting, we’re spotlighting a few of our favorite Clover Fiber Arts Tools and what you’ll need to get started on your next travel-friendly project.

• Punch Needlework is created with a series of hand-stitched straight stitches, created with a Punch Needle Tool and medium-weight to bulky-weight yarns. Projects can be made in a variety of sizes and include coasters, wall hangings, purses, pillows and rugs.

• Insert medium weight to bulky weight yarn into Clover’s Punch Needle Tool.

• Stitch as if you were drawing a picture! Working from the reverse side of Natural Monk’s Cloth, use Clover’s Punch Needle Tool to create a series of straight stitches with medium-weight to bulky yarn. Yarn loops form on the right side of the Natural Monk’s Cloth.

• Natural Monk’s Cloth is the go-to fabric for Punch Needle, rug hooking, and Swedish weaving.
• Natural Monk’s Cloth is sold by the Yard. This 100% cotton, soft basket-weave/open-weave 14-count fabric is available in a 59/60″ wide. A white line is woven into the natural fabric every two inches–to aid in positioning patterns, or to frame squarely in a hoop or frame. 24 x 26 threads per inch.

• Transfer a pattern or draw an original design onto Natural Monk’s Cloth fabric and follow the pattern– punching the needle into the fabric. Find inspiration and patterns in the Pretty Punch Needle Book! 

Punch Needle Tool by Clover
• Tool comes with adjusting ring to ensure a secure needle length setting.
• Suitable for medium to bulky weight yarn of your choosing.
• Includes one needle.
• Instructions included.

Punch Needle Hoop by Clover
• With Clover’s Punch Needle Hoop, there will be no bending, warping, or loosening of project fabric.
• Includes hoop and hoop legs–for setting on a work surface.

• Save 20% Off with our S!S Pick Combo that includes both the Punch Needle Tool and the Hoop!

Fabri-Tac Permanent Fabric Adhesive Glue

• When cutting or shearing Punch Needle yarns — use Fabri-Tac Permanent Fabric Adhesive Glue to cover the straight stitches prior to cutting loops.
• Fabri-Tac Permanent Fabric Adhesive Glue is permanent, fast grabbing, quick-drying, crystal clear, and washable.

Embroidery Stitching Tool by Clover

• Stitches as quickly as if you were drawing a picture!
• Make a variety of stitches by thrusting the needle into the fabric in the same way—backstitch, loop stitch, and satin stitch.

Embroidery Stitching Tool by Clover is designed for use with No. 25 embroidery thread and No. 40 lace yarn or any thread with similar thickness. Choose a project fabric that is a medium/heavy-weight and tightly woven, such as poplin, denim, oxford, felt, etc.

Embroidery Stitching Hoop by Clover

• Perfect for punch needle embroidery, the Embroidery Stitching Hoop consists of an inner and outer hoop. The inner hoop grips the fabric firmly, keeping it tight, while the outer hoop features a screw cover to keep threads on edge of the fabric from tangling.

Embroidery Stitching Tool Needle Threader 2/Pkg. by Clover

• Enables easy threading of the Embroidery Stitching Tool.

• Create beautiful hand-embroidered projects by simply thrusting the Embroidery Stitching Tool needle into the fabric in the same way—backstitch, loop stitch, satin stitch, and more!

Stitch Dome by Clover

• The Stitch Dome by Clover is a spherical metal plate that is small enough to fit in all those tight spaces previously inaccessible before with standard embroidery hoops.

• The Stitch Dome by Clover is useful for hand-stitching where it is difficult to attach an embroidery hoop such as socks, pouches, shirt collars, sleeves, pockets, pant legs, and small bags — perfect for stitching nearly all narrow spaces.

• The Stitch Dome by Clover is ideal for all hand-embroidery projects.

• The Stitch Dome by Clover can also be used for hemming and darning.

Create-a-Pincushion by Clover

• Create-a-Pincushion to showcase your needle-stitches!

• The Create-a-Pincushion by Clover includes one base, ring, and collar, along with instructions to make a pincushion measuring approximately 2-3/4″ in diameter.

• Easily create your own one-of-a-kind personalized Pincushion!

Needle Felting Tool by Clover

• No thread or glue needed!
• Needle felting is easy to do and fun to learn!
• Use Clover’s Needle Felting Tool, and Needle Felting Mat with Wool Felt and/or Natural Wool Roving to create beautiful appliqued accents and accessories.
• Clover’s Needle Felting Tool has five barbed needles that catch wool roving fibers and pushes them into the base fabric/project.

Needle Felting Mat by Clover

• The brush-like Needle Felting Mat enables smooth punching with little resistance, and allows the fibers of the applique to mesh well with the base fabric.

Natural Wool Roving by Clover

• Natural Wool Roving is available in a dozen colors for Needle Felting, Pom-Pom Makers and other yarn projects.

• Wool Felt is available in three color palettes; Brights, Autumn, and Heathers. 

• Place base fabric/project on the Needle Felting Mat. Cut Wool Felt applique shapes and place on the right side the project, and pierce lightly with the Needle Felting Tool. The fibers will become interlaced, attaching the motif to the fabric. Repeated piercing produces also produces a fluffy image of the applique on the reverse side of the fabric.

Clover’s Pen-Style Needle Felting Tool and Needle Felting Applique Molds by Clover

• Use Clover’s Pen-Style Needle Felting Tool and Needle Felting Applique Molds to create three-dimensional designs to be appliquéd or used on their own for embellishing.

• Or, place project over Needle Felting Mat, place a Needle Felting Applique Mold directly over your project, and add Natural Wool Roving to create flat designs–directly on your project.