Thankful for Yo-Yo's



Mom's November Card - Jumbo YoYo Pumpkin

Coming up with new ways to use yo-yo's in my projects gives me lots of joy. So this Thanksgiving I am grateful for these little bits of fabric that bring joy to my life and to those who receive them as gifts.  To make the large pumpkin for this months card to my mom I chose orange fabric and then used the Clover Jumbo Yo-Yo Maker to make the pumkin then I used cooper metalic embroidery thread to create the lines in the pumpkin and a small piece of fabric stitched with brown embroidery thread for the stem. The leaves were made with my Cricut.  To highlight the edges of the leaves I gently ran the edges against a stamp pad. While doing this I accidently dropped one of the leaves on the stamp pad and when I lifted it up I noticed the ink had highlighted the cuts (or veins) of the leaves giving them more dimension which turned out to be a pleasant surprise for me. In the future I definitely plan on using this technique again but instead of dropping the leaves on the stamp pad I will gently press them on the pad.

Yo-Yo Water Bottle Cover



Yo-Yo Water Bottle Cover

Last winter I had the misfortune of losing one of my favorite gloves.  I didn't have the heart to throw away the mate so I left it in my car. Then one very cold morning I had ice in my bottled water so I thought I would put the glove on it to help insulate the plastic bottle.  It worked great - so for many months I had my glove (with fingers and all) insulating my water bottle. Well, after a while I began to get a little self-conscious when I would take a drink because it looked like I was waving to folks or had an octopus with short tenacles on the bottle bottom.  So I took it in the house and sewed straight across the bottom and then cut away the fingers of the glove.  For a while I was happy with this but it was a little plain.  It just so happened my sister had sent me a yo-yo pattern for a wine bottle cover and I knew I could adapt it to a smaller sized water bottle cover. With a plan in place I found some black and white fabric and started making yo-yos to fit around the water bottle. When all the yo-yos were made I attached them to each other and then attached them to the repurposed fleece glove.  Finally, I feel I have done justice to a glove that had served me well.