March 7
Try This – Yo-Yos
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Let’s make yo-yos! Yo-yos became popular in quilts from the 1920s-40s. Today, there’s a wide variety of projects to make with yo-yos, and they always have a nice vintage-y quality.
 
Making yo-yos is easy. Cut a circle of fabric, any size. I cut two 4″ circles, one from cotton and one from flannel.
To give my yo-yos a neater finish, I fold down the edge of the fabric and sew a running stitch around the circle.
As you stitch, gather the fabric.
Knot off the thread when you’ve gone around the circle. That’s it.
If you fold the fabric under at the edge, you’ll get a larger hole since your gathers are bulkier.
In the picture above, both yo-yos are made of flannel. I did not turn the fabric under at the edge of the yo-yo on the left; I did on the yo-yo on the right.
Your finished yo-yo will be approximately half the diameter of the fabric circle you begin with. My yo-yos started with 4″ circles and my finished yo-yos were about 2″ in diameter.
Daily Inspiration
 
All things are difficult before they are easy.
Thomas Fuller
I have never seen these before. What do you do with them?
Oh my gosh…my mum LOOOOOOVES them yo-yo quilts but hers ain;t gots one, her just admires them from afar.
Woman, is theres nutiin’ you can’t do?
Puddles
I have a friend who said she was going to make a quilt with a yo-yos. What are you going to do with them?
I wish I had a quilt with yoyos on it! I’ve always admired them, but I don’t have any with that design on it, but I’ve always thought they were neat!
My mom remembers quilts with yo-yo’s on them from when she was a girl. But she didn’t know that’s what they were called. How neat!
Oh, and we really like your quote today!
Wiggles & Wags,
Mayzie
I love yo yos!
Dachshund Nola
My nanny used to make great doormats and floor rugs with her scraps. I’ve never seen how they’re done. I didnt even know thats what theyre called, Thanks for the trip down memory lane 🙂
BTW, they weren’t the yo-yos I was expecting to see when I clicked the link lol.
I use to go to a stitch and sit once a week and while there I would make Yo YO’s, I made a lot of them!!! I made some Christmas gifts with all of those Yo yo’s too!!!
What are yo-yo’s, if you don’t mind me asking?! Deccy x