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Old 05-22-2015, 05:00 AM
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I would just attach them together securely on all four sides. Interesting ideas posted.
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Old 05-22-2015, 05:19 AM
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I'd make yo yo clown dolls. My mom made me one when I was small and I LOVED that thing!

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Old 05-22-2015, 05:22 AM
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Mine will some year be tacked to strips of fabric then those strips sewn together alternately with plain fabric, for a bed quilt.....saw the pattern on cover of a mag afew yrs ago and began the saga! I do like working with the clover yoyo maker...much easier to get the right fullness and seam turn under with it......jmho
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Old 05-22-2015, 05:52 AM
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I saw something on Pinterest I think, where they crocheted around them, and then connected them with crochet. It was beautiful!
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Old 05-22-2015, 06:24 AM
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I have tons of them too! I have machine stitched them together using zigzag stitch and just tacking at top, bottom, left, and right sides. Like this, I use them as table toppers, have a long one on my TV stand, works well to disguise the dust! LOL! Also used as decorative on a tote bag, in fact, just last night, I had finished a tote bag, didn't have the snap on, should have been done before finishing the bag, but I just put it anyway, then hand sewed a yo-yo on each side to cover the snap! Not gonna post pic because quilt police would chew me up and spit me out! You can press them down, then machine stitch onto a background fabric like some of the quilts shown on some of the above links, I have a whole bag of red/pink, different shades, want to make one all red and white background.......someday!
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Old 05-22-2015, 08:02 AM
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thank you, thank you!
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Old 05-22-2015, 05:32 PM
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I stitched mine together with invisible thread for a tablerunner, Used a aiz-zag stitch..I dislike handswing. (lol)
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Old 05-22-2015, 08:20 PM
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I have never made a yo-yo quilt before. After looking at some I have got to try it. Thanks for the inspiration guys!
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Old 05-23-2015, 03:58 AM
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My mother made a couple king-sized, a queen-sized and several twin-sized yo-yo quilts. She just placed the yo-yos back to back and whip stitched them together in rows then connected the rows in the same way. None of the "quilts" were backed with another fabric so technically I guess they were more a coverlet than a quilt.
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Old 05-23-2015, 04:23 AM
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I made yo-yos from Christmas fabric and sewed them together in strings as a garland for the tree. I like the yo-yo animals. I had a clown when I was little. Hated that thing. Never did like clowns. The animals I would have liked though.
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