Sew a Yo-Yo Clown Using Up Your Fabric Scraps

Joining the Body Yo-Yos and Head

Body of Yo-Yo Clown With Arm Attached

Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.com

• Stack the body yo-yos in the desired pattern.
• Thread the needle with a long length of thread and knot leaving a thread tail after the knot.
• Starting at the bottom, with the gathered part of the yo-yo facing the bottom of the stack, insert the needle into the center of the yo-yo, stacking yo-yos on the needle.
• Continue stacking the body yo-yos until you reach the top yo-yo. Turn the top yo-yo over so the gathering is facing the top of the stack where the head will be attached.
• Pull the thread tight and knot off in the center of the top yo-yo.
• Sew the head on securely by sewing around the bottom of the head attaching it to the to yo-yo.
• Knot off occasionally as you sew on the head so that it will stay attached if any part of the thread were to break.
• At the side of the head, guide the needle back down through the stack of yo-yos.
• Knot off and guide the needle to the other side of the yo-yo, aligning the needle with the other side of the head and guide the needle up through the yo-yos to the side of the head. Knot off.
• Repeat at the front and back of the head so that there are five threads going through the body yo-yos.

• Materials & Cutting
• Create the Yo-Yos
• Sew the Head
• Sew the Face
• The Yarn Clown Hair
• Joining the Body Yo-Yos and Head
• Clown Arms
• Clown Legs
• Clown Hat
• Clown Hat Decorations