One of my kids is competing in the World Yo-Yo Contest in Orlando Florida this weekend. Bet most of you didn't even know there was such a thing. Here's the link to the live feed:
http://www.worldyoyocontest.com/2012worlds/
Yo-yo players compete in the trick ladder ( a list of tricks that gets consequently harder), off-string yo-yoing (yo-yo not attached to a string), free style (yo-yoing to music) and yo-yoing with a counterweight on the end of the string. There are also top and diablo contests. Most of the players are boys and young men. It takes a lot of coordination and practice to learn the tricks.
When my son first got interested in yo-yos, my husband would take him down for the competition. Later, all of us would go down as a family and hit Disney while we were down there. This year, it's just my husband and son again. He is being sponsored this year by G Squared, a newish company. When you are sponsored by a yo-yo company, you usually get your registration fee paid for competitions. You also get free t-shirts. You don't get rich!
How does this relate to quilting? I want to make my son a t-shirt quilt out of his yo-yo shirts. He has quite a collection. Most of them are black or another dark color (the better to see the yo-yo string). If you have any words of wisdom for making t-shirt quilts, please let me know. I have also been looking for novelty fabric with yo-yos on it. Once in a while I find something printed with old fashioned toys, but those prints are generally too babyish for a 20 year old guy. So let me know if you ever see a yo-yo fabric, please.
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