I was gifted a vintage footstool from a friend. It was in pretty rough condition, but I love the legs on it. In this post, I will show you how I fixed the stool and made a rug hooking top from a quilt pattern.
The stool had a small piece chipped off so we glued on a new piece of wood and stained it. The rest of the stool I left as is because I like a primitive look!
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The Quilt Pattern:
I found a quilt pattern I liked in “Garden Club” by Blackbird Designs and I am going to use that to make a hooked rug top for the stool.
The top of the stool measures a little more than 14″ square so I am going to make my hooked rug pattern 14″ square.
The book has a finished diagram of the quilt. I took that image and resized it to be 14″ square.
The Hooked Rug:
Instead of using red dot to transfer the pattern to my foundation fabric, I used my light box to transfer the pattern.
After hooking the design in colors to match my guest bedroom, I steam pressed the rug, pressed the edges to the back, and basted the edges to the back side of the hooked rug project.
I used carpet tacks to tack the hooked rug onto the stool, being careful to keep the tacks between the loops of wool. I used four tacks – one on each corner. After hammering down the tacks, I rearranged the wool to cover the tacks.
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