
I could not resist using the name Rosenweeds, after all what do you call those leaf-like shapes with the lollipop flowers or berries?
Here’s some ideas on how to hook the motifs:
The circles could be flowers, hook them in a variety of colors. Use multiple colors in one flower. Hook all the flowers the same. Hook them all different. Prod the outside edge and hook the center for a 3D flower. Hook very high loops around the outside edge for a different 3D look. Use white and keep them small for a delicate look.
The “leaves” around the border can be all one green for a very simple look. Use a dozen different greens and hook each leaf a different green. Use a dozen greens and use all of them in each leaf for a look with variety but unity. Hook them light at the tip and dark at the base, do the reverse. You could even shade them light to dark going left to right or right to left. Outline with one wool and fill with another. Don’t use green at all! Just consider them shapes and use any color you like.
I prefer my scrolls hooked with an outline and fill that are similar, usually different colors so that an iridescence is created. If I can find the right ones, I like to use textures rather than dyed wools. It keeps the scrolls softer. Use a combination like turquoise and green, orange and yellow or more reserved, two browns or a light and dark blue, etc.
Hook the rose in the center using wools that have differences in value. I struggled a bit with this in my room-sized rug. You can read how I resolved it. My favorite combination is to use a textured gold for the outlines, a deep rich and dull red for the shadow areas, just below each petal and then fill with one or two red textures.
There is the usual border that follows the bottom of the footstool. I think it is easier to put it together if you have a border like this. In between the bottom border and the scroll, you can hook hit and miss to beautifully disguise the construction seams or hook it solid with one wool.
Make your own rug hooked footstool

- Footstool Construction Material List
- Footstool Feet - Where to Get Them
- Footstool Feet - Staining
- Build the Box
- Adding the foam
- Preparing the Backing
- Sewing up the Sides
- Upholstery and Finishing Touches
Missing something? Please let me know so I can make these instructions as complete as possible.
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Just when I laid such careful plans about finishing my UFO’s you decided to literally hook me into these wonderful footstools. See you on the order form! Nice job
I have a 52″ round victorian rug 90% complete and have stopped working on it. I have another rug half finished and am not working on either one. I have been making pine needle baskets. This footstool has inspired me to get back to work on my rugs – when we get back from our 6 week RV trip out west. When I finish the other two rugs and the one in my mind for the RV – I WILL make a footstool. Thanks for your inspiration. Carol Skaggs
Carol,
Thanks for telling me this. Makes the whole website worth all the work. Hint: there is still one more footstool pattern almost ready for release.
Ohh! I can’t wait!
I love the new design -Rosenweeds but it does make it a little harder to decide on one to do!!
Just like potato chips. You CAN’T have just one!