Things You'll Need:
- Fabric swatches
- Heart-shaped template
- Scissors or rotary cutter and mat
- Needle
- Thread
- Buttons
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Step 1
Purchase a heart-shaped yoyo template or make your own from a piece of cardboard or plastic. The template needs to be about twice as big as you want your finished yoyo to be.
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Step 2
Gather some small fabric scraps. Heart-shaped yoyos made of fabric are a good way to use up scraps of cotton material. Have your other fabrics close by before you start the project.
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Step 3
Cut out the heart-shaped yoyos. You can cut several out at a time if you stack the fabric swatches and use a rotary cutter on a mat to cut them.
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Step 4
Make a 3/8-inch fold around the heart shape. Finger press it in place.
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Step 5
Thread the needle. Starting at the V-shape on the left side of the heart, sew a running stitch about ¼-inch in from the edge to the lower point of the heart. Leave a two-inch tail of thread. Do not tie it off. Sew a running stitch around the right side of the heart from the V-shape to the lower point. Once again, leave a tail.
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Step 6
Take both tails and pull the heart shape into the yoyo form. You should not pull the threads too tight or they might break. Tie the tails together.
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Step 7
Insert the needle behind the V-shaped portion of the heart. Pull the needle through to the front. Insert the needle in the V again and once again pull it out the front. This defines the V.
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Step 8
Sew a button on the yoyo over the hole formed by the gathers. To raise the button for a 3-D effect, wrap some thread under the button and around its thread to form a shank.
