If you want to sew a cute yo-yo flower, you don't need any expensive templates. With a few fabric scraps, a needle, thread, and a button, you can make the most brilliant yo-yo flowers. We’ll show you how!
The most important things at a glance
- In this post, I will show you how to sew beautiful yo-yo flowers without a template
- You can use yo-yo flowers to embellish your sewing projects and enhance their look
- Making yo-yo flowers is very simple and suitable for beginners
- The materials you need are just cotton fabric or faux leather, a button or bead, and a needle and thread
- The yo-yo flowers are sewn by hand; you do not need a sewing machine
You could use such a great yo-yo flower for my Versailles bag organizer, for example. But you can also use them for many other occasions - to decorate hair clips, spruce up cushions, or as eyes for my funny owl potholders!
What you need for each yo-yo flower
2 circles of cotton fabric* of different sizes – for example, 20 and 15 cm in diameter
possibly a button or a bead
needle and thread (with the end knotted)
You can use these pretty flowers to decorate bags, for example, just like on my glamorous Versailles bag organizer.
Or use them as eyes for the funny owl potholders:
If you have any questions or suggestions, I would love for you to leave a comment below the post.
Happy simple sewing,
your Sabine
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