Yo Yo suggestions?

I have yoyo makers from Clover. It is so easy! When I traveled I was making
them by the handfuls to keep my hands busy. I used regular thread doubled.
Now I have several hundred yoyo's and nothing to do with them. I have been
looking for a doll pattern I like. I might make something like that.

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Boca Jan
Florida - Land of the Hurricanes
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"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
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I've done a few recently to gather into 5 petaled flowers for a civil war
reproduction quilt that I'm contributing a row to. Anyway, back to the
thread, I always double the thread with yo yos, and rarely have a problem,
I was using 100 weight silk thread and I did have one break, but I think
it was because I pulled too hard when it was stuck, rather than loosening
and investigating why it wasn't moving! Very small stitches can also
contribute to thread issues, I go small but not too small, after all, the
stitches aren't usually seen as isn't the smooth side usually considered
the right side of a yo yo? The puckers in the fabric are because you are
turning a large circle into a small circle, so you're going to get gathers
on the back side, it's close to impossible without inserting a form of
some sort inside to get the front perfectly smooth and none of the gathers
from the back working to the front - but if you wanted that look, wouldn't
you just applique circles, or use two circles sewn together and snip one
and turn inside out for something with the dimension of a yo yo, but none
of the look!

Cheers
Anne

I know and I appreciate it. Polly

"Patti" wrote We do try, Polly g
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In message , Polly Esther
writes
Well, golly. Thanks. I thought tiny stitches would be better. I thought
silk was the strongest. Reckon I was going entirely in the wrong
direction.
I do wish y'all would watch me more closely. Polly
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Best Regards
pat on the hill

I use hand quilting thread - the glazed kind for yo yos.
I always thought that tiny stitches made better yo yos, but during a mini
workshop at my guild, the teacher showed the difference that the length of
stitches make. I now take somewhat longer stitches, even on small yo yos.
I would experiment a bit to see what works the best.

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Susan
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"Polly Esther" wrote in message
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The border of Eek! Mice! from Janet Kime's 'The Border Workbook' has
called
to me. The quilt will need about 50 mice which means I'm making 50
yo-yo's
for mice ears.
This isn't going very well. I'm using the strongest thread I have (I
think). Silk Kinkamee. If I try to pull the yo's really tight, the
thread
breaks. Thread suggestion?
I'm making stitches as tiny as I can thinking they would gather up
better but they still are rather wobbly.
If you've had any success with yo-yo's, please share any discoveries
you've made. Polly

Thought we had the gators trained to keep a closer eye on you!
Barbara in FL where our gators stay on the edge of the pond! WATCHING!

Boca, have you thought about a yo-yo vest for special occasions?
Barbara in Central FL, land of the hurricanes

Anne Rogers wrote:
isn't the smooth
side usually considered the right side of a yo yo?
I guess it depends on the effect you are after. The few times I have
made yo-yo's I wanted them to represent flowers. I sewed them on with
the gathered side up and sewed a button over the hole. To my eyes, that
looked more flower-like than putting them with the smooth side up.

Julia in MN
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Howdy!

a few ideas for yo-yos
http://cddesigns.com/AfternoonProj/YoYo/projects.htm

For years I carried a little make-up bag with me everywhere, stuffed
w/ fabric circles, needles, thimble and a spool of handquilting thread;
takes about 30 seconds to make a yo-yo (single strand of handquilting
thread). I had yo-yos in piles & baskets & bags, stitched to shirts and
vests and on quilts, sold yo-yos at the quilt shop. Yo-yo garlands,
ornaments, jewelry. There's a large quilt top upstairs, queen-size, of
yo-yos; the bag of yo-yo makings is in the pyramid chest by the
front door, waiting.

http://www.needlepointers.com/ShowAr...spx?NavID=1385

http://www.reddawn.net/quilt/yoyo.htm

http://www.chestercountyquilting.com...les/YoYos.html

http://sunshinescreations.vintagethr...ke-yo-yo-frien
d.html

R/Sandy

On 10/21/08 3:12 AM, in article
, "Boca Jan"
wrote:

I have yoyo makers from Clover. It is so easy! When I traveled I was making
them by the handfuls to keep my hands busy. I used regular thread doubled.
Now I have several hundred yoyo's and nothing to do with them. I have been
looking for a doll pattern I like. I might make something like that.

--
Boca Jan
Florida - Land of the Hurricanes
snipsnstitchesatyahoodotcom
http://community.webshots.com/user/BocaJan

I once saw a picture of a "summer quilt" made entirely of yoyos that I
lusted after. Depending on the colors you have you could do a seasonal
throw, any holiday, etc
Judy from Mass

On Oct 21, 4:12*am, "Boca Jan" wrote:
I have yoyo makers from Clover. It is so easy! When I traveled I was making
them by the handfuls to keep my hands busy. I used regular thread doubled..
Now I have several hundred yoyo's and nothing to do with them. I have been
looking for a doll pattern I like. I might make something like that.

Cheers
Anne

On Oct 20, 11:30 pm, "Polly Esther" wrote:

I do wish y'all would watch me more closely. Polly

I have to tell you that almost everyday that I read something you have
written you make me giggle.
Thank you

Isn't that the truth?!

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"JPgirl" wrote in message
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On Oct 20, 11:30 pm, "Polly Esther" wrote:

I do wish y'all would watch me more closely. Polly

I have to tell you that almost everyday that I read something you have
written you make me giggle.
Thank you