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Toni from Sugar Tart Crafts shows what she did with the collection of heavy washers that she got for Christmas. (Yes, she asked for the washers…) She wrapped them with ribbon and turned them into pattern weights. They look like candy!!! Read more at Sugar Tart Crafts.
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By Anne Weaver
- Tutorial: Fabric yo-yo pattern weights
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- Tip: Keep your fabrics from fraying and tangling when prewashing
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These are perfect but I’m not sure what washer weights are. Lol.
The washers are actually a hardware store item. You can usually find them with the nails and screws. They come in all sizes, but the biggest ones have enough weight to be used as inexpensive pattern weights. The ones I get are from Home Depot and cost about 50 cents each.