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Mini Yo-Yo Hanging- DIY
Hi friends! My name is Faith Essenburg and I am back with another make that I hope you will love. This month I wanted to make something completely unnecessary but totally enjoyable because sometimes we just need a little happy sewing therapy. There are so many wonderful sewing notions and tools from Clover that I love, and one that I go to over and over again for fun sewing are the Yo-Yo makers. For todays make you will need the following: 30mm Yo-Yo maker 9 cuts of 3×3 inch fabric…
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Green Yo-Yo Pillow- Sewing Tutorial
Hi Friends! I’m back this month with a fun and easy make! I made this in two evenings of sewing and I am so happy with how it turned out. If you don’t already know me, my name is Faith Essenburg and I make pretty things and am a social media manager between sewing, my three boys and two huskies. This month Clover asked for a project with yo-yo’s and green for St. Patrick’s Day, this one is so pretty I’ll be leaving it out all year. I love the…
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DIY Fabric Yo-Yo Floral Bouquet
Hello from Texas! Elizabeth here, and I am the DIY and Craft Blogger behind Country Peony. I love creating fabric yo-yos, and I love finding new ways to accessorize and decorate with them. I also love fabric yo-yos because they remind me of the trendy grandmillenial style. Today I am so excited to take a nod from the grandmillenial style to create a sweet and whimsical floral bouquet using Clover’s amazing “Quick” Yo-Yo Makers and some scrap fabric. I love this project because it is a great beginner sewing project, and…
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DIY Fabric Yo-Yo Necklace
Hello from Texas! Elizabeth here, and I am the DIY and Craft Blogger behind Country Peony. Grandmillenial style is still holding strong as a popular trend in design and fashion, and I love its feminine and vintage-inspired feel. Today I am so excited to take a nod from the grandmillenial trend to create a sweet, handmade necklace using Clover’s amazing “Quick” Yo-Yo Makers and some scrap fabric. When choosing a color palette, I recommend finding an inspiration fabric that you really like as the starting point. Then pull colors from that…
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Yo-Yo Pillow Tutorial
Yo-Yos are the ultimate way to use up small pieces of fabric have been a part of American culture since the 1920’s but really hit their hay day during the depression era.
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Yo-Yo Inspiration
Yo-Yo Wine Bottle Sack This wine bottle sack is a perfect portable project, use up scrap fabric to embellish a wine bottle holder as a great DIY gift. Yo-yo’s can be easily made with Clover’s Quick Yo-Yo Makers which provide great texture and embellishments to any project. These templates are available in a variety of sizes and shapes including heart, butterfly, oval, and more. The template allows you to make evenly spaced stitches which create beautiful gathers uniformed yo-yos each time. Today’s the last day to enter our Summer Giveaway: Wrap…
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April Showers Bring May Flowers Giveaway
All month long we’ve shared projects featuring our flower making tools. Now we’d like to share a few of those tools with one lucky reader. You increase your chances of winning by following all the entry options in the prize entry box you can find by clicking on the words May Flower Giveaway below. The prize package is valued at over $60 MSRP and includes: Yo Yo Makers in Large and XL Kanzashi Flower Maker in XS and Large Flower Frill in Mini, XS, Large, and XL Hana Ami Flower…
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Friday Finds – Yo-Yo Maker Inspiration
The fabric yo-yo had humble beginnings as a way to turn scrap fabric into beautiful embellishments with a bit of hand stitching. It’s been translated into so much more over the years. You’ll now see them stuffed and turned into beads in jewelry or stacked together to create trees and all sorts of critters. You’ll also see the fabrics used have expanded from cotton and calicos to include silk, wool, velvet, and chiffon. Clover has a line of reusable templates that snap together with stitching guides to make the process…
