What am I going to do with these???????
#31
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Newark, Ohio
Posts: 139
I have seen a beautiful bedspread made with these and also place mats and a table runner. Good luck. They were sewn together by hand along the edge attaching one to another. Time consuming, but I don't see why it couldn't be done on a machine.
#32
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: LaVista Nebraska
Posts: 170
I was at a friend's house recently and she showed me a quilt in a bedroom that she called her "grandmother's room". It had vintage furniture, lamps, etc..... a lot of things from her parents and grandparents era that were passed down to her. On the bed was a yo-yo quilt. Her grandmother had taken yo-yo's and sewed them together. Looked like just a few whip stitches that you could see on each "side" of the yo-yo. It was on a double sized bed and she had a white sheet under that showed thru between all the yo-yo's. It was stunning. The fabric was very interesting to examine. Probably a lot of old flour & sugar sacks. Good luck and let us know what you do with it.
#33
You can make
Quilts
Coverlets
Bodices for granddaughter's dresses
Vests
Place mats
Pot holders
Picture frames
wall hangings
(and a few dozen more not coming to mind just yet)
or do what I'm in the process of-----------------------add to a sweatshirt for decoration
Quilts
Coverlets
Bodices for granddaughter's dresses
Vests
Place mats
Pot holders
Picture frames
wall hangings
(and a few dozen more not coming to mind just yet)
or do what I'm in the process of-----------------------add to a sweatshirt for decoration
#34
Here's a photo of my yo-yo quilt. I tied the yo-yos to a sheet.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...ilt-t1959.html
Just wanted to add, this is not something you will sleep under! It makes a very heavy quilt and is somewhat delicate.
I decorated a t-shirt one year. I stitched the yo-yos on in the shape of a tree. That shirt sagged so bad. Those little yo-yos were just too heavy. Perhaps if I'd made them smaller!
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...ilt-t1959.html
Just wanted to add, this is not something you will sleep under! It makes a very heavy quilt and is somewhat delicate.
I decorated a t-shirt one year. I stitched the yo-yos on in the shape of a tree. That shirt sagged so bad. Those little yo-yos were just too heavy. Perhaps if I'd made them smaller!
#35
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Southeast Georgia
Posts: 2,526
I would love a yoyo quilt! It looks like you're well on you way to having one. It would be very pretty. You could also make a table runner or placemats. Use them as "appliques" on baby quilts. There are endless uses for yoyos!
#36
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Bosque County, Texas
Posts: 2,709
Trim a sweatshirt for that GD. Make a feedbag tote for her to match. Or make them for you and use them when you go and stay next time in the hospital with her. I find hospitals are very chilly.
#38
I think the above idea is great! I google what I am looking for and then on the left side of the screen is "images" and I click on that and lots of images (pictures) will show up. I did a pillow using yo-yos for basket with handle and flower heads from I believe an old American Patchwork and Quilting magazine. Good luck!
#39
So sorry to hear about your Granddaughter I've had Crohn's since I was 13- I'm 57 now, but in remission for the past 15 years.)
I recently saw a tutorial by Zena Thorpe where yo-yo's were used as flowers by stitching up through the middle and then around the outside, tighten a bit and do another section. 5 petals are the usual, they made pretty applique flowers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K4ckd5MlyY
I recently saw a tutorial by Zena Thorpe where yo-yo's were used as flowers by stitching up through the middle and then around the outside, tighten a bit and do another section. 5 petals are the usual, they made pretty applique flowers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K4ckd5MlyY
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