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French Country & Toile

Bonjour! French country designs take their place in fashion's spotlight. Page through any fashion magazine or specialty catalogue and you'll find colorful French Country scenes adorning shirts, dresses, linens, and more.

Travel to the French countryside, where animals nest in sweet peas, munch on tender clover, and nibble on eggplant. New toile designs use one color and an interesting method of shading to add depth and dimension to country scenes. Arrange the toile designs on a large area and use connecting paisley and floral designs to connect the scenes.

Wonderful on garments, totes, aprons, placemats, tablecloths and runners, these designs will lend elegant and vibrant color to your home. Enjoy the new designs!

(Click on any image to go to the design information page.)


A hen nests in sweet peas, surrounded by young chicks.

Available in two sizes:
6.85" x4.80" and 3.88"X2.74"


This freshly-shorn sheep snacks on tender clover.

Available in two sizes:
6.84"X4.30" and 3.85"X2.46"


Une vache se tient dans un domaine de ma�s.
(A cow stands in a field of corn.)

Available in two sizes:
6.83"X4.67" and 3.85"X2.64"

A rabbit pauses for a snack in a field filled with cabbages and eggplant.

Available in two sizes:
6.86"X4.53" and 3.85"X2.54"


This open-air French scene features a butter churn and colorful flowers.

Available in two sizes:
5.85"X7.57" and 4.81"X6.22"


Grapevines grow around wooden wine barrels.

Available in two sizes:
6.80"X4.83" and 3.91"X2.77"


A hand pump stands ready to water colorful flowers.

Available in two sizes:
5.02"X6.78" and 2.84"X3.86"


Raspberries and blackberries are tangy and fresh accents to aprons, towels, and summer clothes.

 

Available in two sizes:
4.80"x4.88" and 3.80"x3.85"

 

Available in two sizes:
5.52"X4.82" and 3.87"X3.37"


In this colorful scene, a bicycle rests in a vineyard.

Available in two sizes:
6.85"X3.82" and 4.85"X2.83"


Toile, or toile du Jouy, might have an air of familiarity - the style is common to fabrics
and wallpaper. The method is based on an 18th century French engraving process, one
that used shading for depth and dimension.

Available in two size:
6.62"X5.80" and 5.46"X4.81"


Historically, toile designs feature French family and countryside themes. The style
is traditionally one dark color on a white or cream background. The toile style is once
again emerging as a fashionable accent to designers. Most recently, the style appeared
in the New York Times Magazine as a stylish accent to baby blankets and clothing.

Available in two sizes:
9.39"X4.81" and 6.88"X3.50"


Christopher-Philippe Oberkampf, an 18th century French printer, is credited with
creating the toile process. Wooden blocks were carved with reversed images, then
inked and stamped onto fabric.

  

Available in two sizes:
9.40"X4.81" and 6.85"X3.51"


One-color toile flowers make beautiful borders to linens, towels, and garments.

Available in one size:
6.86"X1.39"


Toile floral corners are soft and delicate on pockets and corners.

 

Available in one size:
3.73"x3.85"

  Available in one size:
 3.78"x3.85"

Two birds soar around a floral design in this one-color toile design.

Available in two sizes:
5.83"X6.11" and 4.82"X5.05"


A mother and child feed a rooster and hen in this countryside toile design.

Available in two sizes:
9.21"X5.85" and 6.80"X4.36"


This sassy toile rooster is wonderful on lightweight or sheer fabrics.

Available in two sizes:
4.79"X5.13" and 3.59"X3.85"


A farmer drives a haycart through a countryside peppered with
a large, leafy tree, a dog, and curious ducks.

Available in two sizes:
9.23"X5.85" and 6.83"X4.31"


The tree and horse and cart designs are available as separate designs.
Great for linking large toile scenes together!

 

Available in one size:
3.75"x3.73"

 

Available in one size:
3.85"x2.12"


This one-color toile design features a country house surrounded
by hedges and a fence, and framed by large, leafy trees.

Available in two sizes:
7.59"X5.85" and 6.27"X4.85"


The house is available as a separate design.

Available in one size:
3.85"x3.54"


This charming scene features a mother bathing her
two children under close observation by the family cat.

Available in two sizes:
5.85"X6.01" and 4.82"x4.98"


The bathtub is also available as a separate design.

Available in one size:
3.85"x2.37"


Toile paisley and floral designs are wonderful accents to
lightweight fabrics, or as links between larger toile designs.

 

Available in two sizes:
4.49"X6.81" and 2.56"X3.85"

 

Available in two sizes:
4.78"X6.63" and 2.77"X3.85"


The new toile designs are available in a value pack! Get 18 toile designs for
just $29.97. Click on the images or links below to see the designs and add
the pack to your basket!

 

Click here to see the designs in the pack and to add the pack to your basket.

 

Click here to see the designs in the pack and to add the pack to your basket.


Please check the size of the designs before you purchase them.  If you are going 
to split the design, then choose the size appropriate for your project.  If you want to
sew the design without editing or splitting,  be sure that the design's dimensions
are not larger than your hoop's sewing field.


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Please let us know what you think of our designs.  Send 
thoughts and design suggestions to stitch@emblibrary.com.

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