Yo-Yos and Fabric Flowers (Design Originals) Make Colorful Accents for Shirts, Vests, Quilts, Holiday Stockings, and Home Decor Using Your Fabric Scraps and Stash; 18 Easy Projects and Patterns to Try

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Dive into your stash and put your fabric scraps to use!

Create fabric yo-yos in every color of the rainbow to add accents to almost anything
Fabric flowers, hearts, and stars are easy to make with a few simple tools and versatile to use
18 fun projects include tees, quilts, a pillow, vests, sweatshirts, a stocking, and more
Materials lists, fabric suggestions, and easy instructions for each project
Traceable patterns are included right on the project pages, along with placement diagrams and stitch guides

Create colorful yo-yo circles to accent wearables, quilts, holiday stockings, and home décor!
A yo-yo requires just a bit of fabric, making them a thrifty and creative way to turn fabric scraps into great accents. You can make easy fabric yo-yos in different shapes and sizes to suit a variety of projects. With a simple change of color, a yo-yo can be transformed into leaves, hearts, grapes, birds, flowers, strawberries, watermelons, and more. A portable craft that fits easily into a purse or project bag, you can make yo-yos while on the go, whether you’re waiting in the doctor’s office, picking up the kids, or anywhere!
Inside the 20 pages of this information-packed little booklet from Design Originals, you’ll find projects to put your fabric scraps to excellent use embellishing vests, jackets, shirts, and more, with 18 creative designs.
Hand-sew and use machine appliqué to apply fabric yo-yo rosettes onto clothes, make stockings for Christmas, sew quilts, and more. The 18 projects include:

Flower Pot Pillow
Denim & Lace Vest
Flower Blossom Quilt
Log Cabin Quilt
Sunflower Quilt
Bad Hair Day Sweatshirt
Watermelons, Crows, and Sunflowers T-Shirt
Holiday Stocking
Grapevine T-Shirt
Sunflower T-Shirt and Sweatshirt
Hearts and Stars T-Shirt
Black and White Vest
Sweatshirt Vest
Flower Garden Patch
Flowers Vest
Garden Jacket

Included with full instructions, diagrams, and color photos, you’ll find a stitch directory for easy sewing reference and patterns to trace so you can use them again and again.
Add a little pizzazz to your projects, with Yo-Yos and Fabric Flowers!

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About the Author:
Suzanne McNeill is often known as a Trendsetter for arts and crafts. Dedicated to hands-on creativity, she constantly tests, experiments, and invents something new and exciting. Suzanne is the woman behind Design Originals, a publishing company dedicated to all things fun and creative. She is a designer, artist, columnist, TV personality, publisher, art instructor, author, and lover of everything hands-on. She was the 2011 winner of the Craft and Hobby Association’s Industry Achievement Award.