Have you noticed the “embroidery hoop craze” that is going around? Just search “embroidery hoop” on Pinterest and see what I mean… everything from chalkboards, cork boards, picture frames, and wall art. I thought I’d jump on the Embroidery Hoop bandwagon and I need a clock in the living room, perfect! Fun fact: I went through a small phase in 8th grade when I wanted to collect clocks then I realized they are really noisy at night and got rid of them all.
Meet The Color Wheel Clock.
You can get really creative with this, I actually went to the store for an embroidery hoop and a Clock Kit then came home and decided on the Color Wheel and fabric idea. You can use anything for the “hours” of the clock. I thought about buttons, rocks and abstract numbers. But being an art dork I really loved the Color Wheel.
What You Need:
-Clock Kit (I got mine at Hobby Lobby for $5.99)
– One fat quarter for the background of the clock
-Embroidery Hoop (mine is 10″)
-fabric scraps in 12 different colors
– fusible interfacing
Directions:
Cut your fabric Scraps out and iron the fusible interfacing to the wrong side of the fabric
Trace a 1″ circle on the back of the interfacing and cut it out
I painted the outside of my embroidery hoop gold to match the clock hands and the screw on the hoop
Fit your background fabric on the embroidery hoop. Measure 5″ from side to side and top to bottom to find the exact center and mark it.
Also mark the spots for each hour
Remove the fabric from the hoop and start placing the color wheel circles in place. Do this on your ironing board so you don’t have to move it once everything is in place. Don’t forget to remove the paper on the back of the interfacing. Iron them down.
Read the instructions on that came with your clock… (it was boring enough the first time so I don’t remember the exact steps; but I did take a pic) It looks daunting but it was really simple.
Cut a little “X” in the middle where you marked your center spot
Push the clock back through and assemble the clock.
Trim the excess fabric around the hoop
I think I am addicted to embroidery hoops now, I have already bought three more, good thing they are only about $2 each! What have you made with embroidery hoops that I need to know about? Or even better if you have a picture upload them to the Taylor Made flickr group and show me what ur workin with.
So…the clock holds on to the fabric by itself? You didn’t have to glue the fabric to the hoop? Wow! Super easy! I’m seeing one in every room of my house, matching the colors! Thanks so much!!!
My roommate and I used your idea today! We have this crazy orange wall in our kitchen and need to decorate it. We picked up cute little animals from hobby lobby, and stuck them directly on the wall for the hours then got an embroidery hoop and hooked the hands in like you demonstrated and now have a huge clock on our once bare bright wall. Thanks so much for the idea!
super cute taylor! I need to get on the hoop bandwagon!
THAT IS SO CUTE !
I love this idea! You could even make an embroidered or cross stitch clock!
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Your clock turned out fantastic! I may never buy another clock again now that I know you can make them. I would love for you to share this project on my Inspiration Board.
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That is so cute! Can’t wait to make one now!
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This is adorable! I want one for my classroom! And I LOVE your new blog design! So cute!
So…the clock holds on to the fabric by itself? You didn’t have to glue the fabric to the hoop? Wow! Super easy! I’m seeing one in every room of my house, matching the colors! Thanks so much!!!
What a fun and unique idea, great job!
This is adorable! I am going to make one. Love your blog!
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I love this idea! It is so great. The possibilities with this really are endless. Great tutorial!
Perfect for a craft room! Great idea!
Awesome!!!! Did you use a 1/4″ , 3/8″ or 3/4″ kit?
Thanks!
I used the 1/4″ kit
and it has a hanger on the back of the clock kit so I actually hung the clock with that and not from the hoop :)
i think this is something that is going to be added to my long list of things to do, its very very cool!
My roommate and I used your idea today! We have this crazy orange wall in our kitchen and need to decorate it. We picked up cute little animals from hobby lobby, and stuck them directly on the wall for the hours then got an embroidery hoop and hooked the hands in like you demonstrated and now have a huge clock on our once bare bright wall. Thanks so much for the idea!
Same craft is used in card holder i m sure you can make try to make card holder.
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I like this idea! You really good, thanks!!!