12 Essential Sewing Tools Plus SAVE 20% Off all Clover Products
Whether you’re an accomplished seamstress or a beginning sewist, in today’s blog posting we’re sharing our 12 Essential Sewing Tools for making your next sewing or serging projects a success! Plus visit us at the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show Sept 10-12, 2026 and meet Jon Larson from Clover Needlecraft!
Jon Larson from Clover Needlecraft will be at The Nancy Zieman Sewing Studio & Quilt Shop Booth all three days at The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show this week in Madison WI!
Team NZP’s Top 12 Essential Sewing Tools
Clover’s 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge – Whether quilting or sewing, Clover’s 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge is an ideal gauge that is a versatile and accurate tool to measure, mark and create.
Clover’s Supersize 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge – The extra-long length of this ingenious gauge makes it easy to measure deep hems, accurately position grainlines, create large circles, position trims, and measure distances. The perfect companion to the original 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge.
Clover’s Seams Right – Multipurpose tool for sewing and quilting, handy for measuring and checking seam allowances. Includes a slot for marking buttonholes. Ideal for ironing creases and perfect for pocket corners.
Clover’s 6-in-1 Stick ‘n Stitch Guide – Clover’s 2-piece interlocking guide features ideal shapes and edges for perfect stitching. This reusable and repositionable adhesive guide sticks to sewing machine bed.
Clover’s Clip ‘n Guide Bodkin – Clover’s Clip ‘n Glide is super-flexible with a locking grip to securely hold elastic and ribbon. Clip provides firm hold on the end of elastic or ribbon to allow for effortless pulling through a casing.
Clover’s Water Erasable Marker – Thick– The extra-large tip of this Fabric Marking Pen from Clover makes easy-to-see markings. The blue marks made with this marking pen will disappear when washed with water.
Clover’s Straight Tailor’s Stiletto Awl – Clover’s Straight Tailor’s Stiletto Awl is designed for assisting in feeding fabric at the sewing machine and for piercing small holes.
Clover’s I Sew For Fun Heart-Shaped Magnetic Pin Caddy & Heart-Shaped Pins Set – Easily pick-up pins from the center groove, plus, the pins are stored in one direction! The heart-shaped head featured on these pins make them easy to grab, the sharp finish make them easy to use.
Clover’s Rainbow Wonder Clips Assortment; 50 pc. – Clover’s Wonder Clips have great holding capacity for many crafts — can be used for patchwork, quilt, knitting and other various handicrafts. An ideal alternative to pins, especially when working with heavy-weight fabrics, dense pile fabrics, vinyl fabrics and other fabrics on which you do not wish to leave holes.
Clover’s I Sew For Fun Point 2 Point Turner – Turn precision points and quickly mark creases with ease with Clover’s Point 2 Point Turner! Fine tipped end for precision point turning. Curved end creates sharp seams and easily mark creases.
Clover’s I Sew For Fun Spring Tape Measure – A no fuss, no muss tape measure — it automatically retracts with a push of a button. Clover’s smooth and quiet mechanism allows you to stop at any measurement you choose.
Metrosene Plus Thread – This beautiful thread sews everything well — cotton, synthetics, mixed fabrics, linen or silk. The high tensile strength provides greater seam strength with no thread breakage and high chafe resistance. Its excellent smoothness and ideal sewability make the universal thread a reliable partner for all your creations.
Schmetz Sewing Machine Needles – Schmetz Needles supply a full range of needles to the sewing enthusiast. Schmetz is internationally known as the finest sewing machine needle manufacturer in the world. Your choice of high quality sewing machine needles can result in the same high quality, smooth, even stitches in your work. With Schmetz, you have options!
We hope you’ll try our 12 Essential Sewing Tools, when stitching your next sewing projects!
Our most essential sewing tool is our sewing machine! Before beginning each new project, clean your machine following your sewing machine manual and insert a new Schmetz Sewing Machine needle!
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Join Deanna Springer –LIVE IN PERSON– for her Patriotic Patchwork Projects for America250 Lecture at The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, 1pm daily, Sept 10-12, 2026! Register today at QuiltShow.com.
Sew a plethora of patriotic projects with easy Quilt As You Go (QAYG). See how to efficiently die cut star quilt blocks and appliques with AccuQuilt. Learn how to piece No-Hassle half-square triangles. Plus a free pattern from Bernartex! See a trunk show of Americana projects to sew for Semiquincentennial! $12 advance ticket price. Register today at QuiltShow.com.
Join Denise Abel –LIVE IN PERSON– for her Piece And Quilt In The Hoop With An Embroidery Machine Lecture at The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, 11:30am daily, September 10–12, 2026 Register today at QuiltShow.com.
Jon Larson from Clover Needlecraft will be at The Nancy Zieman Sewing Studio & Quilt Shop Booth all three days at The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show
Register today for the The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, September 10-12, 2026 at The Exhibition Hall at The Alliant Energy Center in Madison Wisconsin.
See you at The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show!
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