Yo Yo suggestions?

Didn't have time before, so now I googled yo-yo quilt. All of the photos I found showed them with the gathered side up. However, it's up to you how you use them.

Julia in MN

Julia in MN said: Didn't have time before, so now I googled yo-yo quilt. All of the photos I found showed them with the gathered side up. However, it's up to you how you use them.

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I wrote in a few weeks ago how someone just gave me tons of yoyos and they are all sewn together with the gathered sides intended as the front. One of the quilts is very wild and crazy scrap material that would probably be unbearable on its own, however when gathered, it's really quite pretty. A woman from my church gave me 4 or 5 bags of yoyo items that her mother had made or intended to make, but no one in her family is into crafts and they didn't want any of it. This woman owns a business and on the wall is a picture of her mom with her yoyo quilt and a first place ribbon she had won at the state fair. That quilt was at the bottom of the "junky" stuff from the grandmother. I'm now the proud owner of that yoyo quilt. There was also a completed yoyo baby quilt.

Most of the other yoyos are sewn into pillowcases that I guess she intended to cover pillow forms with. There's about a dozen of them, some in very strange colors. I started unstitching them, but got sidetracked.

I haven't decided what to do with these "pillowcases" yet. If I unstitch down the sides, they could be table runners, but the weird colors wouldn't match anyone's decor, I'm sure. Making yoyo critters is a possibility, but not high on my priority list.

I suppose if I unstitched them all and tossed them in the air, I could make a prety scrap quilt, but that's more ambition than I have at the moment.

I've been making school bags for Church World Services this week. Our church lady group makes the bags and fills them with pencils and other school supplies, which are then given our by the National organization to kids like the ones displaced from their schools after Hurricane Katrina.

This week at quilt guild a speaker told us about making baby Angel dresses (bereavement clothes) for the local hospitals. I think Polly does these, am I right? Polly, what kind of material do you use? We were told cotton, muslin, or satin.

Denise

I'm finishing a quilt top with 1,340 triangles. Do you think 50 yo-yo mice ears is a lot? Naaaaah. Polly

The front of a Yo Yo (other name Suffolk Puff) is actually the gathered side. Some people fill the hole with embellishments. If you Google, click on Images and then put 'Suffolk Puffs' in the search slot you will get lots of pictures.

Sally at the Seaside~~~in Suffolk, home of the Suffolk Puff~~~~~~~~uk

Anne Rogers wrote:

Silly me. I was wondering how in the world did you associate yo-yo with Suffolk. Quickly realized that OF Course you would. Thanks, Sally. Polly

It's always such a joy to have rctq to share with; even when we're all having a bad day. Gators aren't much in the way of company - but have you ever seen one that wasn't smiling? Polly

"KJ" Isn't that the truth?!

There she goes again!!!!!

The same way you make large ones only start with a smaller circle. I published a book of doll quilts many years ago for McCalls Creates. The yo-yo quilt in the book had yo-yo's the size of dimes. I didn't have any touble making the yo-yo's but it was harder to join the yo-yo's without my stitches showing. The editor asked if she could keep the quilt for her own doll bed. I was honored and presented the quilt to her as a gift thinking I would make another one for myself. One of the many small containers in my studio holds the tiny circles which of course have never been sewn into yo-yo's.

Susan

Mom and I had a contest to make miniature quilts. I bought the little brass beds on Ebay. Each is about 6" long. Mom did yoyo quilts for 6 family members. I did the one pieced quilt for her little brass bed. I treasure them more than you can imagine. If I remember correctly, there are 99 yoyos in that quilt. :>

BTW, Mom did not use a yoyo maker. Hers were done the old fashioned way.

The new Clover extra-small yoyo maker does make itty bitty yoyos. I've done a number of projects with the Clover tools and the yoyos turn out great! I wouldn't make them any other way. p.s. I do use hand quilting thread.

joan

Joan, the quilts are so sweet. I haven't seen brass bedsteads over here - I just have one wooden one. They are fairly easy to obtain. I'll have to look out for a brass one. I have a friend who goes to doll fairs regularly. I'll ask her to look out for one for me. They look far nicer than my wooden one. Thanks for the idea. . In message , joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska writes

Oh good, Patti. I was hoping you'd see Joan's brass beds and wonderful quilts; just knew you'd enjoy them too. Polly

"Patti" Joan, the quilts are so sweet.

The yo you mice ears are complete. Things learned - polyester or plain old C & C doubled thread works well. Any color is okay, the thread doesn't show. Pretty, tiny stitches will not do at all, you need to make long ones. While I was making mice ears, I puzzled over how to mark the tails to be embroidered. The tails look much like a question mark but they really need to be identical. (Well, generally). It crosses my mind that drawing the tail pattern on tulle with a permanent pen and then drawing over it with chalk or washable pen would do the deed. This quilt border is big fun. I'll show it to you when it's back from the longarmer. First I've got to buy some terrific doggie shampoo. Polly

Polly, I might even try yo yo's one of these days! Thanks for the inspiration! Now, as one who is also owned by a Yorkie, why do you need terrific doggie shampoo and where can I get some?

-- Dreamweaver

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You must have missed the discussion. Barb asked recently "Do you tip your quilter". I answered that not only did I tip my wonderful longarmer but I would serve her breakfast in bed and shampoo her dog. She's a treasure. Polly

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Oh! LOL! Thought Yogi'd been takin' on the gators!

-- Dreamweaver

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