Although most Toile (pronounced "twall") fabrics today show bucolic pastoral scenes, the term best transliterates to "toil" or "work".
These patterns originally focused on depictions of farm workers in the French countryside (as one would see in a painting by Millet). Throw Me A Pillow's handmade needlepoint decorative Toile throw pillows feature dutifully working Arborists; she waters, he transplants. These two are actually Petit Point and therefore feature over 256 hand stitches per square inch! Such attention to detail brings you a pillow that vibrates with life-- Still Life!
