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Yo-Yo Ornaments – a Fun Project for Quilters

Mary Emma Allen — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:45:10 +0000

Yo-yo ornaments are making the rounds again this year as quilters and fabric artists use them in many ways to create interesting decorative objects. I used to attach loops and hang them from the tree. Sometimes I stitched them together to make a chain.

Chloe, at Tangled Thread, has created a unique Christmas tree yo-yo, actually five threaded together with a gold loop at the top. Check this out and learn what you can do, too.

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Yo-Yo Ornaments – a Fun Project for Quilters

The Subject of Yo-Yo’s in Quilting & Decorating Again

Mary Emma Allen — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:56:46 +0000

Yo-yo’s, those shirred little circles, have become favorites in quilts, fabric art, and home decorating. Chloe, at Tangled Thread, has addressed this topic again, Fall Decorating With Yo-Yo’s.

She’s got some great ideas for fall decorating and links to some previous posts with holiday yo-yo themes. It’s also not too early to start creating your Christmas gifts and decorations.

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The Subject of Yo-Yo’s in Quilting & Decorating Again

Making Yo-Yo Quilts & Decorations for the Holidays

Mary Emma Allen — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 04:16:17 +0000

Old-time patchwork can be turned into Christmas gifts and decorations. Yo-yo’s, which once were very popular with quilters, seem to evoke a great deal of interest when I write about them. Some quilters contact me concerning their memories making these as children and with their children. Other quilters want to know how to make yo-yo’s.

These decorative shirred circles can be used by themselves…with loop of yarn or trim attached…as decorations for your tree. They can be sewn together in a chain. Or they can be stitched to other items…such as pillows, tote bags, vests (see Noreen’s ideas), scarves, hats, headbands for decorative effect.

They also can be sewn together, as quilters in the 1920s and ’30s did, to make quilts, spreads, and table cloths.

To make a Yo-Yo: Cut a circle from cotton or cotton-blend fabric, 4, 5 or 6-inches in diameter, depending on the size you want your decorations. Some quilters make mini yo-yo’s and cut even smaller circles. I find the 6-inch circle is a convenient size, especially if you’re making yo-yo’s with your children.

Turn under a tiny hem, just slightly less than 1/4 inch, to the wrong side. Children will need this pinned down before they start sewing. Adults usually can turn as they sew. You also can press the hem, if you find that works best.

Take a double thread with knot in the end. Then make basting size stitches around the hem. Gather the fabric as you go.

When you’ve finished sewing and gathering, you’ve gathered your circle into a double circle with small hole in the center of the front. Take a few stitches to secure your thread. For decorative effect on Christmas decorations, sew a pretty button or sequin in the center over the hole.

One hint: Do not gather with tiny quilting stitches. This will leave a large hole in the center. Basting stitches will gather the circle tighter so there’s only a small hole left.

This is a good way to use up scraps of fabric. For Christmas decorations, use Christmas fabrics and colors.

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Making Yo-Yo Quilts & Decorations for the Holidays

More Yo-Yo Decorations for Quilters & Crafters

Mary Emma Allen — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:50:22 +0000

This isn’t exactly the yo-yo animal ornament Eleanore was looking for, but Noreen of Hankering for Yarn has come up with a yarn bear wearing a yo-yo vest. She also shows a photo of a yo-yo chain that her daughter made. This decorates the piano with Teddy sitting on the keyboard.

Noreen is from Canada and I live in the United States. It’s interesting how we both have a fascination for the yo-yo’s of the quilting world and have made them with our daughters.

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More Yo-Yo Decorations for Quilters & Crafters

Search for Yo-Yo Ornament Pattern

Mary Emma Allen — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:06:43 +0000

The discussion about yo-yo quilts, clothing, and ornaments seems a popular one and is drawing responses and inquiries.

Eleanore, one of my readers, wondered if anyone knew where she could get a pattern for a yo-yo animal ornament. She received one of these ornaments and would like to make something similar. If anyone has the source of a pattern

There is a pattern for a yo-yo wreath online at eHow.com that fabric artists might find of interest.

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Search for Yo-Yo Ornament Pattern