On My Summer Vacation

Remember when teachers used to have you write a journal entry on what you did on your summer vacation? Well, that's how I feel writing this blog. I went home for a week and helped my mom design a new dress. I perfected the skill of making "yo-yos"! This is my real first craft blog to give authenticity to the "sweaters" part of the name.

How to make a Yo-Yo
Cut out a circle of fabric. Any size will do. I used a ring of masking tape as a stencil.
Thread a need, double strand.
With the wrong side face up, turn the edge in a quarter of a inch and start stitching the side. You should stitch it loosely close to the edge of the circle.

Keep turning the fabric in on the sides and stitch the needle so that you're stitching the extra folds in (it will fold in on itself because it's a circle)

When you've gone all the way around, pull the thread through and make it ruffle together. The yo-yo will fold into itself and be half the size that you started out with.

see the little blue piece of fabric in the middle

I suggest cutting another small piece of cloth and put it inside the yo-yo for an added bit of color. The smallest yo-yos don't need this because the fabric will tighten together in the middle but all other yo-yos will have a bit of a gap that is best to cover the inside of the yo-yo as it's the wrong side of the fabric. Then do the final closure and tack the ruffles down on the back with the leftover thread.

yes the pictures were taken on a beach towel, I was being crafty at the beach. It was my summer vacay!

Then we sewed them on her dress