Who said buttons? I see yo-yos!

 It's fun and addicting when fellow quilters share their projects.  I've been guilty to start a new project from what the other ladies are up to.  This is one of those projects.

One lady came to the guild meeting showing her "Button Tree" wallhanging by Karen Montgomery.  Well the next thing you know several of us ladies just had to make one too.  The only thing is that it was a button tree, but I saw miniature yo-yos.  Yep, little yo-yos under an inch in width.  I think I'm a gluten for punishment, but sometimes I do like tiny detail work.

I went to work making almost 100 tiny yo-yos ranging from 1/4" to just under one inch.  Making all those yo-yos was a great project while watching television in the evening this past winter.  After assembling all the yo-yos to form the tree I decided to add a few red glass bead in the center of some of the yo-yos.  On the top  I sewed a red cloth star.  Here's my twist on the button tree.

The final size is 12" by 21".  I added my own hanger made from a tree branch with pinecones on the ends.  I'm still deciding if I'd rather have smaller pine cones on the ends of the branch.  They are just hot glued on so it will be easy to change if I decide to.  I do like the idea of pinecones since it is a pine tree.

The wall hanging was completed a few months ago, but I had to wait for the snow to go away so I could hunt for the perfect tree branch for hanging.

Showing the ladies my twist they thought I was a little crazy, but gave their approval.  In fact, a couple ladies now want to make a yo-yo tree wallhanging.

I'm months ahead for the debut for this wallhanging when Christmas arrives.

Now there is a button heart wallhanging from the same designer.  Some of the ladies decided they needed to make the heart too.  I'm on the fence.  Do I have room for a heart wallhanging?  Maybe.  I do own a bag of antique off-white buttons.  I bought them from an antique store over 20 years ago with no plans for those buttons, so maybe this could be a good project for them.  It definitely would be quicker than making yo-yos.  Hmmmm.  Still thinking about this one.  Maybe I'll see buttons after all.