How to sew a French knot

Another stitch that you will use fairly often for embellishment is the French knot. This works well for sesame seeds and sprinkles on cookies.

All you have to do is come up through your thread and then before you push the needle back through, wrap the thread around the needle a few times. The more times you wrap, the bigger the knot. I'm partial to 5 wraps. The toughest part (and why practicing a couple is probably worth it) is doing it all close-enough to the felt that the knot doesn't engage too high up.

Here is a you-tube video that is certainly worth more than my words. Please note that she only wraps a couple of times, but I think she is using thicker thread:



Let me know if you have questions.

How to sew a blanket stitch

In order to make felt food, there are a couple of stitches that you will probably want to practice (at least a wee bit) before you dive in.  The first is the blanket stitch.  At first I didn't like the looks of it at all because there is so much thread showing, but I crossed over to the dark side once I realized how much better it holds the felt together.  Here is a good (not mine) youtube video on it.  Watch it a few times.  I'll admit it's a little frustrating because they aren't actually attaching things together, but you'll get the idea.

This won't mean anything to you now, but basically all you are doing is sewing across and making sure that you catch the thread as you go across. Let me know if you have any questions.