Adding French Knot Embroidery

The embroidery lesson above was tucked inside of a sewing book from the 1920s along with a few other similar pages. I have no idea what source material they came from, but they were a delightful bonus.

Do you know how I fell in love with embroidery? 

It was looking at an original 1920s apron and finding that much of the design was executed with little French knots. They looked like itty-bitty roses scattered all over a field of white cotton. I was hooked.

I picked up my first embroidery book online that day, waited 3 weeks for it to make its way to me in Norway, and then I was off!

My favorite use thus far has been adding them to the fronts of hand-made silk bralettes to simulate tiny buttons.

Just thought I'd share in case you want to give French knots a try...

Happy sewing!