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Home for the Holidays... A
Handmade Christmas |
| Handmade Christmas
Crafts and Decorations |
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Fabric Yo-Yo Quilts and
Doilies date back to the depression times when every inch of
fabric was used and nothing was wasted. Today, they are handmade
and used as room decorations, quilts, pillows, and more. This
project is completely made by hand sewing. |
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Free
Christmas Sewing Project:
How to Make a
Christmas Fabric Yo-Yo Doily (fabric lacy mat) |
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of red, cream, and green cotton fabric |
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Gather up
some Christmas homespun's and calico fabrics.
Make yourself a yo-yo pattern from a
circle. I used the pin cushion shown in the photo.
Since everything is red and green for
Christmas, I decided to make a red and cream color yo-yo doily.
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Pin and cut
16 circles of different color fabrics from your pattern. |
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Make one yo-yo at a time.
They are very easy to make.
Thread a needle and knot the end. Do a simple quick
running stitch on the edge of the circle as shown in the photo. |
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Once you
have gone all the way around the circle, pull the threads and you will
see the edges of the yo-yo come up, just like the photo. |
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Continue
pulling up the threads and knot the end to hold your yo-yo in place.
With your fingers adjust the yo-yo so that the circle looks nice and
even. |
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Do this to
all 16 circles until you have 16 yo-yos.
Arrange them in the order you want them
for your doily. Press them flat. |
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Begin hand
sewing one to another on the back of the yo-yo by simply tacking them
together with little stitches as shown in the photo. |
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Do this to
all 16 until they are all sewn together.
Your Christmas yo-yo doily is done.
Show it or give it to a person who lived through the depression and
they will appreciate it greatly.
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Recommended Books We Love
for Making Homemade Christmas Crafts and Decorations |
Handmade
Christmas Crafts and Decorations
Home for the Holidays,... a Handmade
Christmas
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