My latest project

So on our trip to Oregon, I decided to bring a sewing project with me. The idea came from a Joann mailer, and when I first saw it, I knew I wanted to attempt it myself! It is a small table runner made out of fabric "yo-yo's."

Here is an image of the "inspiration." I was really excited to try it out myself!

I decided to go with Blues & Reds, since we have touches of blue & burgandy throughout our house... plus, it was almost the 4th of July when I picked out the fabrics, & I must have been feeling patriotic.

The goal was to sew about 50 yo-yo's. In the bottom left corner of this page you can kind of see what some un-sewn yo-yo's started out like. They were very easy to make! At first it took about 10 minutes to make each one... but after enough practice, I was finishing each one in half that time.

Half of the fun was arranging the different colors and sizes of circles together in a way that seemed to fit the best before stitching them all together.

And here is the finished project back at home on our table!

I remember my mom had made an entire king-size bedspread out of yo-yo's when I was a child. I don't know how she did it! Must've taken her months!! I'm so thankful I was able to finish this project in only one week (and I was sewing at every spare moment of the day & night!) :)