Tutorial:: how to make a sucky puff quilt
::How to make a "Sucky Puff" Quilt
Finished Size approx 42 1/2" x 54" or 28 rows of 21 Sucky Puffs.
These are not to be confused with Suffolk Puffs. The Sucky Puff (so named by S.J.V.H and friends who stitched the quilt), or yo-yo quilt is very easy to make. Once you have alot of Suckies, you can turn them into quilts, table runners, cushions or hang over a window or make a wall display.
Step 1: Use the template shape provided to make yourself a template from template plastic or cardboard. The seams are added in the template.
note: the template when downloaded should measure 4" in diametre. Though really you could use any size you like.
Step 2: Along the edge of each circle, turn over a 1/4" hem allowance to the wrong side of the fabric. Sew around the edge of the circle with a running stitch
TIP: The stitches don't need to be neat and tidy. The bigger stitches work better!
Step 3: When you have sewn all around the cirlce, pull the thread to gather the Sucky Puff and finish with a secure knot.
Stitching the Sucky Puff
The front of the Sucky Puff is the side with the gathered edge. You can sew a small Pom Pom in the centre of each Sucky Puff to finish.
When you have enough suckies...It's time to Assemble!
Once you have enough rows, you can start sewing the rows together. On the edge of the finished quilt sew large Pom Poms at intervals of about 6 Sucky Puffs.
Make sure you show me your finished Sucky Puff quilts!
I am in the end stages of a hexagon quilt which I started purely to get rid of my scraps. Well, my scrap boxes are still overflowing so it looks like a sucky puff quilt may be in order. This time though I must vow to myself that 'I will not buy the odd fat quarter cos it would look so nice in my quilt'! Perhaps that has something to do with the reason why my scrap boxes are still full!!! With regard to to sucky puff quilt, where does one find pom poms in pretty colours?
Says Jenny | May 18, 2011 at 09:59 AM
I love your name for them, better, lol.
Debbie
Says Debbie St. Germain | May 18, 2011 at 11:08 AM
Try looking in Spotlight they sell them by the bag full also the Reject shops might have them also
Says Margaret Lee | May 18, 2011 at 12:08 PM
The pom poms I use, I think are from Moda (???). They come in a long strand and I just snip them off as needed.
Says Bronwyn | May 18, 2011 at 12:23 PM
I love the look of this quilt and the fact that you can keep adding to it as you go. Was just wondering how the pom poms in the middle of the puffs are actually attached?
Says Riches Stitches | May 18, 2011 at 01:23 PM
The pom poms are attached with several small, secure stitches.
Thanks for the great questions!
If you have any more tips, hints or questions please keep them coming!
Says Bronwyn | May 18, 2011 at 02:18 PM
I actually saw a divine Sucky that someone had made that was 18"across! She'd made a few that size. They were made into a small quilt with a home-made pom-pom in the centre. (You know the ones we all made at school with two circular pieces of cardboard with a hole in the middle?) So I think we need some ideas for the Largest Suckies!(Cushions etc!)
Small is out! BIG is the new in thing for Suckies!
SO... think BIG SUCKY!
Bronwyn ...
Says Bronwyn | May 18, 2011 at 02:37 PM
About 15 years ago I made a mauve and sea foam green yo yo quilt. After 2008 circles those two colors just about make me sick. It is queen size and rather heavy. Now they are sewn for pillow tops and flowers alone. Too old for big projects now. :-) Your colors were very pretty and cheerful.
Says peggy | May 19, 2011 at 04:25 AM
Never of sucky puffs; yo-yo's yes. Very nice!
Says Pat Harrell | May 19, 2011 at 01:58 PM
Thank you so much. This is an adorable project - I love the pom pom additions.
Says Melody | May 19, 2011 at 04:06 PM
This is my all time favourte quilt... I have always loved the sukky puffs...... they are so cute......I will have to use some in a pattern... am I allowed to do that...??????
Cath Ü
Says Cath Ü | June 29, 2011 at 05:41 AM
wondering if I am suppose to FILL the sucky with pompoms to make it fuller? how many and what size pompom used as filling...DO I HAVE to fill?? Thank you Maggie
Says Maggie | October 06, 2011 at 05:24 AM
How do you sew the yo-yo together in the rows, are they hand stitched together or machine sewn together. I am in the process of making one of these sucky puff quilts now and should start putting it together net week.
Says Carole | November 27, 2011 at 06:04 AM
How many puffies did this quilt take?? I am making a queen if not King and though this is smaller than I am making I'd like to get a feeling of how many yours took. Thanks!! Your quilt is absilutely beautiful!!
Says Susan Manser | January 30, 2012 at 04:57 PM
Well, Susan- it's really not the amount of Suckies you have to make for the quilt- but the pure joy and appreciation of making something that's really worthwhile and beautiful.
Enjoy the process.
Making a Suckie Puff quilt is a journey!
If you must know- it was around 100 Beautiful Suckies. Probably double that for a single bed (depending on the size) and so on.
Remember- you don't have to back or put batting or quilt these beautiful Quilts- so you save time there.
Enjoy your Sucky Puff making.
Bronwyn ...
Says Bronwyn ... | January 31, 2012 at 07:26 PM
Has anyone tried this quilt using backing? If she just wondering how it turned out
Says dana | February 10, 2012 at 12:17 AM
I was unclear too - do you fill the "sucky puffs" with pom poms or just one placed in the center opening that you stitch into place? Thanks so much - I hope to start one of these very soon and think it'd be a fantastic project for my 10 and 11 year old girls to work on - have fabric and template - will travel!
Says Catherine | April 21, 2012 at 12:10 AM
Hi Catherine, just to help you out...one pom pom is sewn in the middle of the "sucky puff" in the centre opening. Good Luck, they can be a lot of work, but the outcome is gorgeous... :-) Hope your girls like it
Says Bronwyn... | April 23, 2012 at 12:48 PM
do you leave the template inside the sucky? For washing, would plastic be better if so?
Says michele | June 08, 2012 at 02:51 PM
My father who would be 91 ( rest his soul) told me many times a story about he and his mother making a Yo Yo Quilt. This was before TV, so he said that he and his mother would sit and make the Yo Yo's while listening to the ball games and by the end of the world series they would have enough for my grandmother to put the quilt together. He was always proud that the JC Pennies store used one of the quilts that he helped make as a bedding display in their front window ! I ask whatever happened to the quilt and he said that his mother never got it back from JC Pennies.. I so hope that someone still has it and has taken good care of it.. I would love to try to make one of these but am not very crafty. Thank You for sharing,, your quilt is wonderful ! Sarah
Says Sarah Sullivan | July 09, 2012 at 12:22 AM
Do you leave the template in? If so how do you wash it?
Thanks
Says Debra | October 31, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Gah! Love it. Sucky puff! Can i ask where you came up with the name?
Pretty!!!!
Says susan | November 17, 2012 at 01:30 PM
Oops i was going to ask, are the poms sewn to the sides or the back?
Says susan | November 17, 2012 at 01:33 PM
No you take the template out.
I have red/white/blue ones made and waiting to sew together.
I thought about attaching it to a white quilt. Not sure.
Fun as a "take along" project".
Did a lot of mine on a cruise years ago, in off time near the pool, etc.
Says Irene | February 06, 2013 at 11:51 PM
I am not a good sewer but I have found these Puffs for quilting very easy. I have enough to put together soon, but before I do that I am going to sew a button into the centre of each one to anchor my filling.
Says Sharon Greentree | February 26, 2013 at 03:21 PM