LOVE MY YO-YO QUILT! it only took about 8 yrs. to get it all together-ha! My Mom (who passed in 2000), my sister, my daughter and I all made Yo-yo's through the years of the peach and pretty printed materials. I was not sure what I would do with them but had seen one in magazine that had been sewn together with no backing and used as an overlay on their bed spread.
I decided to back mine and actually used heavy linen shower curtain material to back it. This made it so heavy that I did not need batting at all. Every yo-yo is hand stitched and sewn onto the backing . Then Yesterday, I spent the whole afternoon machine stitching in rows over all the yo-yo's at their radius. I still need to do some hand sewing here and there but I am really pleased with the finished Quilt which will be going on my 4-poster bed as a topper. Thank you for visiting and please leave a comment! For my MONSTER cucumber pictures, please go to http://kerrieskorner.blogspot.com/
♥Kerrie
What a lovely Yo-Yo bedspread, Kerrie! That is so much work!
ReplyDeleteI neer knew what a Yo-Yo bedspread was till recently when my 88 year old neighbor showed me her multi-colored yo-yo bedspread. Did you happen to see that post, Kerrie?
http://crochetingingeorgia.blogspot.com/2010/03/miss-golies-bedspreads.html
All she needs is a backing for it, but I was so impressed!
You did a great job and I love the colors!