Since this is my first post on Sew Retro, I thought I would show you what I made recently.I inherited eight placemats in various degrees of disarray from my Mother's linen collection. I don't know how she came by these. Each placemat was made of little handstitched "yo yo's"...what I remember as a circle of fabric, hemmed and stitched on the outside circumference and then pulled up, usually with a cardboard circle to stabilize the yo yo when you pulled up the stitches. It is then tacked down to keep the stitches from loosening. The cardboard piece is removed somewhere in this process.
There were eight placemats...with randomly placed fabric patterns. Some fabric is repeated and some is not. I counted 72 yo yo's per placemat. I could never see using the placemats; just not practical. The fabrics I guess are probably from the 60's. I've had these for sometime now and one day I took them out and sewed them together. I love this placemat/wallhanging! Everytime I go by, I see a different fabric...a different story as to where it might have come from.
So, this is my introduction to the Sew Retro group. I have been sewing for many, many years and I am glad to be welcomed in to the Sew Retro party! I have bought fabric for my dress and am currently waiting for the pattern to arrive in the mail.
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