Yo Yo Bangle Bracelet

A couple weeks ago, Arrow Cabinets sent a call out on their blog for contest entries in their Yo-yo contest.

You might ask, what is a yo-yo? Essentially, it is a little gathered fabric circle. In the past, I've had absolutely no use for yo-yos. I've always thought they were very "granny" looking. Since I won the last Arrow contest with my cactus pincushion, I thought I would give it another go... with the true challenge being finding a way to make yo-yos look cute.

Each bracelet uses about 25 mini yo-yos, and took a couple hours to make. They require some tiny stitches and nimble fingers, but there is nothing especially tricky about making them.

If you want to make your own, here is a step-by-step tutorial that shows you how...


Supplies:
Scrap fabric
Fabric marking pen
Quarter
Needle & thread
Bangle bracelet
Scrap of felt
Gorilla Glue

I started out by tracing my quarter on the fabric. I used a fabric marking pen that disappears over time.

I then cut out the circles, just outside the marker line. You can see the ink is already starting to fade.

I grabbed my needle and thread and started stitching. Using small stitches, I folded in the edge, and did a simple "up and down" through the layers with my needle.

This is what it looked like after I stitched all the way around.

I carefully pulled the thread tight. Carefully, because pulling too hard might cause the thread to snap. I then tied a double knot, and cut the threads close to the knot.

Using the hole as the top center, I squished the little fabric ball between my fingers to make it flat. This is what a completed mini yo-yo looks like:

Using coordinating thread and tiny stitches, I started attaching the yo yos to the bangle.

I used stitches on the back, as well as tiny stitches on the front so the yo-yos would lay flat.

Here is the bracelet with all the yo-yo attached.

Then it was time to attach the craft felt. I used a strip in a coordinating color a 1/4" wide.

I glued the felt to the inside of the band with Gorilla Glue. This not only hides the bangle and the stitches on the back, but when the glue dries it supplies additional support, and makes sure that the yo-yos don't twist around the bangle.

The hardest part was waiting to let it dry...

Finished... now time to make some more!

Click here to see all the Yo-yo Contest entries.

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