Advice Needed on Yo-yo Quilt
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Advice Needed on Yo-yo Quilt
I acquired a yoyo quilt, and it does not have a backing. It seems to me that to be at all practical, the yoyo top should be fastened in some way to a back. Even lifting the yoyo quilt as it is now seems risky, since it puts so much stress on the connecting threads.
What has been your experience with this? If I were to choose to use a backing, what are the possible techniques for attaching? Should connections be at every yoyo? Attach at the natural connection points where yoyo's meet each other or in the centers of the yoyo's?
The Bible Camp is interested in this being a possible raffle quilt, but only if it has a back. I need help!
What has been your experience with this? If I were to choose to use a backing, what are the possible techniques for attaching? Should connections be at every yoyo? Attach at the natural connection points where yoyo's meet each other or in the centers of the yoyo's?
The Bible Camp is interested in this being a possible raffle quilt, but only if it has a back. I need help!
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I will be watching this thread, as I was given a small yo-yo quilt to finish, & really don't know what to do with it. It's only cot size, but so heavy I don't like to add more to it - the puffs are made with curtain/upholstery fabrics. The maker zig-zagged the puffs together and to the backing (calico, of all things). Maybe I will just put a binding on & call it done.
Perhaps you could attach to a backing with some back stitches by hand to help stabilize.
Perhaps you could attach to a backing with some back stitches by hand to help stabilize.
Last edited by Gay; 06-04-2018 at 03:57 PM.
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I am sorry if this is an uninformed question, but it appears to me that you have the yo-yo top spread out on a blue fabric that you are thinking of backing it with. Am I correct? I like your choice of blue fabric. If it were mine, I would tack it to the blue fabric in a perle cotton in the open triangles just the same color as the blue backing fabric, catching under the edges of the yo-yos. Maybe the centers would look better, but I am thinking it would be harder. I would experiment. I know it will be heavy and unwieldy, but worth it. How nice it would be if a group of you from the Bible Camp worked together. Many hands and laps would support the weight and it should be a fun social gathering. If I have misunderstood and the yo-yos are already attached to the blue fabric, I would just bind it as is.
Last edited by Genden; 06-04-2018 at 04:04 PM.
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