Well, I was going to post a tutorial on serging in a waistband elastic. I was half way through & did *something* and my post disappeared! Argh!

So instead a quick SnS for what I did yesterday.

This is the matchy t-shirt for the yellow & pink "break-even" Redondo skirt I'm working on. There was barely enough left over scrap to make a few yo-yo's ala Heather Baily's tutorial (http://heatherbailey.typepad.com/). As it turns out yo-yo's are exactly the same thing you do to make cloth buttons only flattened instead of stuffed.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j282/sewingchole/Stash%20Game/Picture046.jpg

the t is from Target, happened to match the skirt fabric perfectly. As mentioned the yo-yo's are scrap from the skirt. The buttons are from my collection, I think they belonged to my mom at one point.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j282/sewingchole/Stash%20Game/Picture047.jpg

I toyed with a few other ideas, making the yo-yo's look like flowers etc but I like them just like this instead. Simple, vintagey (if that's not a word it is now) and cute.

I foresee many more yo-yo's in my future.

Points:

something from scrap (+3)
notion (+1)
SnS (+2)

total = (+6)

Chole

oh love love love the yo yo's and the buttons are perfect!!!!

Cute!

That is so sweet. Yoyo's always remind me of my grandmother who once made an king sized yoyo quilt. The very first thing I ever made for Esther was made out of fabric given to me by her...and I made sure to include a yoyo.

I love the way that shirt turned out and I wanna see a modeling pic with the skirt!