100!
I just noticed this is my 100th post! WOW! I didn't think I would make it a WEEK..much less 100 posts! If you will leave your name on my comments, I will draw a name for a 100th post gifty. Nothing fancy..just a gifty...a thank you for stopping by.
I had purchased one of the new yo yo makers. I don't have ANY clue what I will MAKE with them! Last night around 1am we had a HUGE rain/thunder/lightening show. My nervous nelly dogs did their usual dog and pony show. The only place they even PRETEND they can exist during a storm is under my sewing table. I tried going back to bed around 3..but as SOON as my head hit the pillow...KA BOOM...back I went to the sewing room. I started out watching some Tivo-ed Mystery Woman episodes, but as the thunder would get closer, I would chicken out and turn off the TV. Of COURSE the sewing machine is STILL unplugged- I NEVER take a chance on that...even tho it IS plugged into a good serge protector! I rifled thru a small crate of scraps and tried out the yo yo maker. That thing is FUN! Here is how it works:
You get these two circles.
You place the fabric right side down in the big circle, push the smaller one in ...trim (this one has already been trimmed)
then you turn it over and stab stitch (up and down) in the small openings, overlapping the 1st stitch
up
down
Pop fabric out of both circles
pull up on thread
Keep gathering until you have a yo yo!
Look at all the yo yos I made in the middle of the night!...(I think I feel a NAP coming on!)
I had purchased one of the new yo yo makers. I don't have ANY clue what I will MAKE with them! Last night around 1am we had a HUGE rain/thunder/lightening show. My nervous nelly dogs did their usual dog and pony show. The only place they even PRETEND they can exist during a storm is under my sewing table. I tried going back to bed around 3..but as SOON as my head hit the pillow...KA BOOM...back I went to the sewing room. I started out watching some Tivo-ed Mystery Woman episodes, but as the thunder would get closer, I would chicken out and turn off the TV. Of COURSE the sewing machine is STILL unplugged- I NEVER take a chance on that...even tho it IS plugged into a good serge protector! I rifled thru a small crate of scraps and tried out the yo yo maker. That thing is FUN! Here is how it works:
You get these two circles.
You place the fabric right side down in the big circle, push the smaller one in ...trim (this one has already been trimmed)
then you turn it over and stab stitch (up and down) in the small openings, overlapping the 1st stitch
up
down
Pop fabric out of both circles
pull up on thread
Keep gathering until you have a yo yo!
Look at all the yo yos I made in the middle of the night!...(I think I feel a NAP coming on!)
Comments
Love those yoyos - I've been so tempted to buy one of those things. I want to string a bunch of yoyos together to use as a garland on our Christmas tree.
I bought one of those yo-yo makers too, mostly because DD wanted to play with it...I did try it and it is fun! I'll probably make some yo-yos, but I'd never do a whole quilt! I saw some totebags with yoyos in a row all around them this week, and I thought that is a cute and doable idea.
I finally saw the heart and flower ones in a shop this past weekend, so of course I had to buy the flower to try that, too!
Such fun!
Happy 100th post!
I have never tried to make yo-yo's but it seems very easy to do with this yo-yo maker. What are you going to do with yours??
Hi, happy 100th!
I love these yo-yo makers, i have to get my hands on some, they do such a great job. Thanks for the tute to refresh me on why I love them! Tracey
Nancy