Note two sizes of yo-yo’s.
YO-YO’S:  This was really fun.  Suzanne Sawko has always been charmed by yo-yo’s and made a vest of Liberty yo-yo’s for an article in Creative Needle magazine. But she did it the fast and easy way. She created a machine embroidery design that does the most tedious part of yo-yo construction, turning under the raw edge, most of it bias. I’ve always kept that technique in mind…..
After completing the floss weaving through the entredeux and pinstitch on this quilt, it needed something. There was a bit of congestion at the entredeux intersections and it just lacked……dimension. That was my objection to the design. It lacked dimension. So I decided to make yo-yo’s with Suzanne’s machine embroidery file. The technique is so simple, so obvious, so neat. And it could be done without an embroidery machine.
Liberty and regular, original weight Solvy (or other water soluble stabilizer) was hooped together, with the Liberty right side facing up, covered with Solvy. Then 6 circles were straight stitched, at least 1/2″ apart, the smaller size in the 5 x 7 hoop (130mm x 180mm) and the larger size in the  160mm x 260mm hoop.  After the stitching was complete, the Liberty and Solvy were removed from the hoop and cut out, 1/4″ away from the stitching line. A slit was made in the Solvy and the circle turned, like a pillow top.  Using a point turner, the outline was smoothed and then the circle was pressed. The result is a perfectly turned circle. Continue reading
