Yo yos have arrived

I told you a few weeks ago that a friend from church was going to give me a bunch of yoyos that her mom had made a long time ago. Well, she brought them over this week, holy cow, there's tons of 'em.

There's a completed baby quilt top, and a completed almost twin sized top. Then I guess she planned on covering every pillow in the free world with yoyos, as there's a stack of already sewn, ready to stuff pillow covers. As I don't plan to decorate with yoyo pillows, I've been trying to decide what to do with them. They're approx. 12" x 14", a couple are larger, sewn together on three sides, like a bag.

I think I might take the largest one and line it, add some kind of a handle and use it as a shopping bag when I go to quilt shows, etc .

Then there were about a hundred yoyos that she had sewn into circles, like little bracelets. It's strange, I have no idea what she had planned for these. I've spent the past couple of nights unstitching them and now have a basket of unmatched singles. A little 3 year old buddy of mine was over this morning and getting antsy, I gave him the basket of singles to play with, so it was snowing yoyos for most of the morning. Eventually he had fun putting them away, "Find the blue ones, find the red ones, etc.

The weirdest part is she sewed all of the light colored ones together with black string, and all of the dark ones with white string. The string doesn't show on the front so it doesn't really matter.

Any ideas on using these yoyo "bags"? I thought maybe tea cozies (with a lining), but I'm not sure teapot spouts would fit within the bags.

I guess I could spend the next few months unstitching them all, and restitching them into something usable. I've seen a few sweatshirts embellished with yoyos, but that's not my style. I'd have to walk through doors sideways if I placed a bunch of yoyos on my boobs.

These are all very old fashioned materials taken from old clothes, I think.

Denise

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Denise in NH
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well, if you cant use them, you could send them my way...email me and i'll return my address to you. if you decide to keep them, that's ok too. you could put them all into one big quilt and raffle it off for your church or a local charity.

amy in CNY

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amy in CNY

I know, I know, (waving hand madly). I have a beautiful yo-yo vest. It's not a bit fitted, sort of straight tunic cut with squared off armholes. I wear it to quilt shows and lots of the folks attending the shows have to admire it and inspect it and, well, you know how quilters are. Sometimes I wear it to a meeting where there will be mostly strangers; it always pulls the quilters out of the group and gives us an opening to get to know each other. The colors of the vest yo-yos are mostly copper, rust and brown so it's been at ease with many different shirts and pants. You would want to consider what colors you enjoy wearing so your vest would be happy with them. Or - buy an entirely new wardrobe - you do what you've got to do. Polly

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Polly Esther

Amy said: if you decide to keep them, that's ok too. you could put them all into one big quilt and raffle it off for your church or a local charity. ______________________________ I'm Methodist, so we're not allowed to have raffles or drink. :(

I should have stayed Catholic ;) Please, no offence intended.

Denise

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Denise in NH

Denise: A friend recently used yo-yo's to decorate a plain white on white matelasse bedspread. she arranged them in groups to form 'flowers' scattered across the spread. It is a stunning and charming new bed spread for her young granddaughter.

Other uses: edging a plain valence; edging a cushion; unlined table runner; edging placemats; trimming napkins and/or napkin rings; trimming guest towels.

Have fun with your yo-yo windfall! PAT in wet and windy Virginia

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Pat in Virginia

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I really like the one about decorating a matelasse bedspread. As I said in my post, I think I'll use one of the large "pillowcase" shaped yo yo pillow covers as a cool looking shopping bag for using at quilt shows. Most of the others are too small for use as shopping bags, but I thought they could be used as the outside covers for sewing bags. If I unstitch down two sides of the "pillowcases", I will have a rectangle of yo yos about 12" x 24" long. I should be able to find various things to do with them.

I'd like to be able to make a few small items to sell, if we ever have another craft fair at my church. We use to have fabulous fairs, but most of the original organizers are getting too old to pull it off anymore, and the younger people don't have the time.

I used to run the best room at the fair. We would ask for unfinished or unloved leftover craft projects or tools. We'd get tons of yarn, material, craft paints, patterns, looms, etc. All you could stuff in a bag for $1, $2, $3, or $5, depending on the size of the bag. People went nuts for the stuff. The good old days.

Denise

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Denise in NH

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