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Hello, I haven't posted for a long time. Been busy with sick people. I have been approached to do a yo yo quilt. Not sure on how to do it. I have been thinking that I should put the backing on without batting and tack each of the yo yo's to the backing and then put on a binding. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Ruth
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I have been doing a lot of research on yo-yo quilts and different uses for yo-yo's because my sister gave me all the different sizes of Clover "quick" yo-yo makers. She thought this would be easy sewing that I could do while recuperating from a surgery. Anyway, back to your question, there are a couple of ways to do a yo-yo quilt that I have found that I like. First is the "coverlet": This is just attaching the yo-yo's together with whip-stiches on four sides into as many rows as needed. Second is a "quilt": here you do the exact same thing as the coverlet but then you attach the coverlet to one large piece of cloth and that is the top of your quilt. Then you would place your batting and backing as usual. Be prepared to make lots and lots and lots of yo-yo's! I've seen anywhere from 1500 to 2400. It will depend on the size of the yo-yo. I have not seen the quilt in the June issue yet, this may be something better yet!
The coverlets were usually used during the summertime in the 30's and 40's.
Good luck on your quilt.
Hopes this helps.
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