Colorful Coverlet Yo-Yo Quilt
© Creative Partners, LLC.
designed by Linda Causee
Approximate Size: 36 3/4” x 49”
Materials:
Assorted fabric scraps, light medium and dark
Sewing thread and needles
Cutting:
156 circles, dark
288 circles, medium
144 circles, light
Instructions for Yo-Yos:
Make a 4”circle to use as a template.
Using the template as a pattern, cut a 4” circle.
Fold the edge of the circle toward the wrong side about 1/4” (Fig 1).
Thread the sewing needle and knot one end. Using a running stitch, sew along folded edge of circle (Fig 2).
Pull thread to draw up circle and knot end of thread (Fig 3).
Flatten circle with small hole in center (Fig 4).
Instructions for Quilt:
Make all cut circles into yo-yos. The 4” circle will make a yo-yo that finishes about 1 3/4” in diameter.
Place yo-yos in seven rows of seven (Fig 5).
Sew two yo-yos together using five or six stitches (Fig 6).
Continue to sew yo-yos in rows (Fig 7).
Sew rows together to complete a yo-yo block (Fig 8). Make 11 more blocks.
Sew blocks together in rows, then sew rows together to complete yo-yo quilt.
From Quilts A to Z:26 Techniques Every Quilter Should Know by Linda Causee, published
by Sterling Publishing. There are 25 more quilts in this book.
Entire contents © 2008 by Creative Partners, LLC.