Materials and Notes
FINISHED SIZES
Large pillow 15 inch square
Medium pillow 12 inch square
Small pillow 10 inch square
Bitty pillow 6 inch square
MATERIALS
1 yard dark brown or black cotton fabric (This is enough fabric to cover front and back of each pillow)
We used Brown Grid fabric from Kokka's Kimono 1 collection.
1/2 yard each of assorted solid cotton fabric for backs (optional backs)
We used Kona Cotton Rich Red and Leaf.
5 - 8 balls pearl cotton embroidery thread in various colors
We used the following colors of Valdani thread:
blue/greens: 27, 30, 38, 25, 2403, 539, 200
yellow/greens: 10, 18, 152, 153, 199
red/orange: 72, 65, 247, 76, 78embroidery needle and hand sewing needle
fabric marker or pencil
NOTES
Learn all about how to make French knots in our Knot Know-How Tutorial.
If you would like to learn more about other embroidery techniques, visit our Embroidery Tutorial.
July 20, 2007
Reader Comments (2)
I admired them and pined for one and eventually decided that surely I could make a french knot so I gathered all of my supplies and at last found the time this weekend to sit down and get started. So far so good. Two pillow tops done (though not yet sewn up) and I couldn't be happier with the results.
The whole concept is just beautiful and so full of character and so elegantly simplistic - or complex, depending on ones mood. The possibilities are endless. Genius. Thank you for a wonderful pattern and all of the lovely inspiration!