• 1 ½ yd Light Beige Quilting Fabric for background & backing
• 5 - 6 Fat Quarters of Red Quilting Fabric
• 5 - 6 Fat Quarters of White Quilting Fabric
• 3 - 4 Fat Quarters of Blue Quilting Fabric
• ¾ yd Fusible Fleece
• Assorted Buttons
• Assorted Ribbons – 1 yd lengths
• Heavy Duty & Regular Weight Coordinating Sewing Thread
• Coordinating Embroidery Thread
• Dowel Rod – 5/8” diameter
• Clear Elastic Hair Bands inches & another 2 inch x 3 inch.

Yo-Yo Construction (approximate finished size of each yo-yo is 2 ¾”)

Step 1: Cut yo-yo fabric into 6 ½” squares: 

• 32 red squares
• 26 white squares
• 12 blue squares

Step 2: Fold the square in half.

Step 3: Fold the square in half again, with the folds along the left and bottom sides. 

Step 4: Place the folded square under the circle template, making sure the folded corner aligns with the 90-degree line markings and the unfolded edges clear the 6” circle channel.

Step 5: Place the 28mm rotary cutter into the 6” circle channel and trim the square into a circle shape.

Step 6: Place fabric circle wrong side up on a flat surface and glue baste a ¼” seam around the entire circle circumference. Tip: Use a 5” paper template centered on the circle to achieve a consistent seam allowance.

Step 7: Thread needle with a double heavy-duty thread and knot ends. Make ¼” to ½” long running stitches around the circle circumference. Keep stitches close to the folded edge. 

Step 8: Gently pull the threads to gather the stitched edge toward the center. Once gathered, knot threads to secure and leave needle threaded.

Step 9: Run a threaded needle through all the gathers for added stability. Finish with a few stitches and a knot to hold in place. Bury the knot and trim thread ends.

Step 10: Repeat Steps 2 – 9 for the remaining fabric squares.

Step 11: Match buttons to yo-yos.

Step 12: Sew buttons to yo-yo centers using 3-strands of a coordinating embroidery floss.

Step 13: Place a small strip of basting tape on the back of each yo-yo.

Step 14: Cut background fabric and fusible fleece to 25” w x 35” h.

Step 15: Adhere fusible fleece to background piece following the manufacturer’s directions.

Step 16: Quilt background in desired pattern. We did a 1” diagonal grid of straight-line quilting.

Step 17: Use a disappearing ink pen to mark the center yo-yo line.

Step 18: Starting with the center line, lay out yo-yos on the quilted background and determine placement. Tip: Take a photo of the finalized layout so you can remember yo-yo placement.

Step 19: Working one row at a time, remove the paper backing from the basting tape and adhere yo-yos to the background.

Step 22: On the wrong side of the backing fabric, make a mark 2” and 3” down from the top edge on both sides. This will be the casing openings.

Step 23: With right sides together, pin the backing fabric to the background. 

Step 24: Sew backing fabric to the background using a ½” seam allowance making sure to stop and start at casing openings and leaving a 5” opening along the bottom edge for turning. 

Step 25: Clip the corners and turn wall hanging right sides out through the opening at the bottom edge. 

Step 26: Press seams flat and topstitch around wall hanging about 1/8” from edge being careful to stop and start at casing openings.

Step 27: Mark casing stitch lines on back of wall hanging. Sew along lines, backstitching at starts and stops.

Step 28: Insert a dowel rod through casing. 

Step 29: Gather ribbon lengths and secure together using clear elastic bands.

Step 30: Lay ribbon clusters over dowel and attach to rod using additional clear elastic bands.

Step 31: Trim ribbon ends to desired lengths and enjoy your Yo-Yo Flag Wall Hanging. 

And you’re done! Congratulations on making the Yo-Yo Flag Wall Hanging