Author Lois Winston recently attended Bouchercon 2012. While there, she took part in two
craft rooms where authors of crafting mysteries teach craft projects to
readers. Since fabric yo-yo crafts will be featured in the upcoming Revenge of
the Crafty Corpse, the third book in the Anastasia Pollack Crafting
Mysteries series, Lois taught classes in making a fabric yo-yo greeting card.
Now, you can make one, too. -- AP
Materials: 6” circular piece of lightweight cotton fabric, 3/4”
- 1" diameter button, sewing needle, DMC Perle Cotton, DMC Memory Thread, Beacon
Adhesives Zip Dry paper glue, wax paper, 4-1/2” x 6” piece of colored paper, Yarn
Tree greeting card and envelope.
Directions for making Memory Thread
stem and leaves: Cut one piece of
Memory Thread 17” (twice the length of the short side of the sheet of
directions.) Using this piece as a guide, cut another piece of Memory Thread
four times the 17” length. Fold the longer piece in half, then in half again.
Working from one end to the other, tightly twist the four lengths of Memory
Thread together. Fold the twisted length in half, forming a “V”.
For the stem, fold the 17” length of Memory Thread in half, then in half again. Center over the “V” of the twisted length. Twist the stem pieces together, starting at the “V” and working to the opposite end.
To form the leaves, coil the ends of the Memory Thread.
Assembly directions for card: Apply a thin line of glue around the front edge of the colored paper. Center behind the card cutout. Apply a thin line of glue around the edge of card flap that folds behind cut-out section. Press flap in place. Place wax paper over the card and weight down.
Apply small dots of glue to back of stem/leaves. Remove weight and wax paper from card. Position stem/leaves on front of card. Place wax paper over the stem/leaves. Weight down Memory Thread until glue dries.
While glue is drying, make fabric yo-yo flower.
For the stem, fold the 17” length of Memory Thread in half, then in half again. Center over the “V” of the twisted length. Twist the stem pieces together, starting at the “V” and working to the opposite end.
To form the leaves, coil the ends of the Memory Thread.
Assembly directions for card: Apply a thin line of glue around the front edge of the colored paper. Center behind the card cutout. Apply a thin line of glue around the edge of card flap that folds behind cut-out section. Press flap in place. Place wax paper over the card and weight down.
Apply small dots of glue to back of stem/leaves. Remove weight and wax paper from card. Position stem/leaves on front of card. Place wax paper over the stem/leaves. Weight down Memory Thread until glue dries.
While glue is drying, make fabric yo-yo flower.
Directions for making yo-yo: Hold the fabric circle with the wrong side facing
you. Fold 1/4” of the raw edge toward the wrong side of the fabric. Using the
quilting thread, begin the first stitch underneath the fold of the hem to hide
the knot, then sew a running stitch around the circle. When you reach your
starting point, and the circle is completely hemmed, pull the thread tight to
gather the fabric. Smooth and flatten the yo-yo so the hole is in the center.
This is the right side of your yo-yo. Sew the button over the center hole of
the yo-yo. Knot the thread and snip excess.
Glue the yo-yo to the top of stem.
Glue the yo-yo to the top of stem.
5 comments:
Hi Anastasia!
We used to make those and join them to make pot holders when we were little..they're cool!
Hope all is well with you!
Aloha, Connie10
Hi Connie--
It's a fun craft, isn't it? I'll have lots more yo-yo projects in REVENGE OF THE CRAFTY CORPSE, due out in January.
This sounds so easy, Lois. I think even I might be able to make one. Hope to see you at Bouchercon next year.
Looking forward to it, Kathleen!
I have a whole box of yo-yos somewhere made by my Aunt. She used to sew them together, put a backing on them and make bedspreads.
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