Photo heavy post, sorry. Have you ever tried taking a photo of a biscornu? What a difficult task. They are so oddly shaped it's hard to capture them correctly and then they cast funny shadows.
Yay, a finish! I completed the stitching and beading on Wisteria Biscornu on Thursday. Washed, ironed on interfacing and stitched it together on Friday. Pawing through my meager button collection revealed I was sorely lacking suitable buttons so Saturday I went stash shopping and found the perfect buttons. Today I sewed on the buttons.
The yellow side with butterflies, before stitching both sides together.
The green side with bees.
Ooooo, pretty!
I like the soft colors in this photo. Yellow on top.
Now the green.
This little square lavender button fit perfectly.
A larger, flower shaped lavender one for the bee side.
Wisteria BiscornuOlenka's Stitches
32 count Belfast linen hand dyed by me
DMC and Mill Hill beads as charted
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The design can be purchased from Olga at Olenka's Stitches.
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Thank you so much, Olga, for such a wonderful design. I truly enjoyed every minute of stitching this biscornu!
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Thank you for visiting my blog today!
xox
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Edited to add an answer to a question in the comments: From what I understand "biscornu" is a French word meaning quirky or irregular. It was adopted by stitchers as a name for this funny shaped pincushion. These are also called tuffets.
76 comments:
a Beautiful finish
It turned out beautiful, I love the colors and it is so pretty and delicate. The buttons you found for it were perfect too. Congrats on finishing up the Weeds square in your earlier post, that is such a fun piece.
Sue
Wow I love this and you did a wonderful job in the stitching and the finishing. It turned out so beautiful.
Turned out beautiful, you did a wonderful job. I love the two sides with the different colors.
(2nd post, lets see if this one makes it)
Absolutely gorgeous! I love your idea of two different buttoms. Each one you chose was perfect for the design.
Daffy - you are sorely testing my resolve to stop adding to my stash until I finish current WIPs. We will ignore the fact that I constantly start new projects from my stash - OK?
The biscornu is fantastically beautiful - and you did a fantastic job getting nice photos of it.
Congrats on a great finish!
So pretty, and such a neat finish. I've not stitched any biscornus because I've not thought my finishing would be up to scratch - but yours is marvellous! Well done!
Beautiful finish, I love the design and your pics came out great. CJ ok;-)
Wowza! That is gorgeous!!!
Super nice finish
I can't tell you how much I love the colors in this project. The bees are adorable, the butterflies even cuter!
Great job --- and your photos look great!
Really lovely! You did a fantastic job!
That is gorgeous!
That is one adorable looking biscornu, a super finish.
It's turned out beautifully and yes taking pics of them is a pain
It looks great
Just gorgeous! Congratulations
Oohh, I love it! What pretty colours.
Sharon,
Congratulations on this beautiful finish!You were so creative in stitching and finishing the biscornu. I love your fabric and the choice of the buttons.
Thank you for the great job!
That is absolutely stunning. Congratulations on a wonderful biscornu.
That is so pretty! Great job on the finishing.
Ohhhhh....so very pretty! You ALWAYS do such lovely work! :)
What a great finish, it's sooo pretty!
How perfectly done--stitched, finished and the clever, beatiful buttons. Plus I think you did a great job photographing it!
Ooohhh so pretty ! Great finishing and photography !
Very pretty stitching and finishing!
That is one gorgeous biscornu.
I could take pics but I don't think I could make one ... Yours is beautiful: I love the colors !!!
Absolutely beautiful. I'm so glad you enabled and I purchased this pattern. Yours is stunning... both the stitching and finishing. Great pics, too. Congratulations!
Congrats on a gorgeous finish! The colours are lovely :)
How gorgeous that! I know what you mean about taking biscornu photos. One is never enough...always needs several. Your photos, stitching and finishing are perfect.
Your photos, like your biscornu, are beautiful! Wonderful finish.
Hugs ~
Heidi
One of the prettiest biscornus I've seen! The design is beautiful. The beads make it very elegant, and the buttons you chose are perfect. And, your stitching is lovely!
Very pretty! I know what you mean about getting decent pics of them!
What a wonderful job of stitching and finishing, it is so pretty!
Absolutely beautiful! I love your button choices, so perfect for each side.
It's sooo cute. Great job!
Beautiful finish and your choice of buttons was wonderful.
It turned out very pretty. It is fun to go button shopping isn't it?
It's beautiful.
Nice excuse for stash shopping. Did you go to town or was it just the two buttons you purchased?
It is gorgeous!!! Beautiful stitching!!
What a beautiful biscornu - I really love having the 2 sides different. those butterflies are so gorgeous :)
That is absolutely one of the loveliest biscornus I've seen--just perfect!
I love that word biscornu but, forgive my ignorance, what does it mean? I've never heard it before. Beautiful work, as ever, of course.
From what I understand "biscornu" is a French word meaning quirky or irregular. It was adopted by stitchers as a name for this funny shaped pincushion.
These are also called tuffets.
Wow, what a beautiful biscornu! I like the two different linen colors.
This is gorgeous - fantastic job!
Sooo beautiful!!!
May I just say, WOW!!!!!!
This is gorgeous!!!!!
It turned out lovely!
Micki
What a beauty!!! Love every single detail. Good job!
Beautiful work! And what a great idea to photograph it before making up the biscornu. I giggled when I read your comments about the difficulty in photographing those weird little shapes!
I love the two colors on the biscornu. You have done an amazing job. Congrats girl.
What a beautiful finish! Congrats!
Wow, its gorgeous, and the buttons are a perfect match.
If it helps next time I find them easier to photograph if I prop them up slighly at the edge furthest from the camera so they are angled slightly down towards you
My goodness that is a LOVELY piece!!!
Daffy that is really neat. I stand in awe of anyone who can do such beautiful detail. =)
Oh my...oh my...that turned out SO darn pretty!!!! Perfect button...perfect fabric...just perfect..now that your head is swollen (lol)..yes I have tried to take a picture of biscornus and it's impossible! After several attempts and swearing you get what you get...:)
It is gorgeous and the buttons you chose are perfect.
Absolutely gorgeous!
That's a really beautiful finish, Congratulations!
oh is so pretty,and i like all the photos, i like the two tone in the fabric, the yellow and green,look so great.
So beautifully stitched and finished. Very prety design
I think this is one of the prettiest biscornus I've ever seen. The colours are so soft and delicate and that flower button really compliments the piece. Thanks for the link to Olenka's Stitches.
Sharon - thank you so much for your lovely post about our shared wedding date! I love you so very much and having the same wedding date is so close to my heart!!! Thank you to all your "stitchy friends" for their sweet posts! I'd like everyone to know that my Aunt Sharon has so much love in her heart, that yes she cried, while she provided me with a very special keepsake... right before my wedding Sharon brought me a true sixpence to put in my shoe! I will treasure this gift forever!!! I love you Sharon, see you soon! Love, Danelle
Very nice. I did that one for my dd's teacher. I ordered some of the crystal butterflies she uses in her own ones from ebay. Very pretty. xx
That is a beautiful biscornu. You did a fantastic job.
That's really pretty. Lovely work.
Hi Sharon! I've just dropped by for a peek at what you're doing. I just love this biscornu you've done! I like how you've got the two different colour fabrics either side, and the thread colours look terrific with it. So well made too. What a delight to see!
Thanks also for visiting my blog and the lovely comments. :)
This is just beautiful and I think the buttons are just perfect...hugs,Linda
WTG on the extremely pretty HD - love it! :0)
wow...gorgeous fabric and beautiful pattern and pretty stitching....
This is so pretty! I might have to make one of those one day if I'm brave :D
How on earth did I miss this gorgeous finish! LOL, I love the 2 colors of fabric together :) I hate being sick!
Oh you've got me itching to stitch one of these now - just loving those colours
Beautiful work! :)
Ce biscornu est tout simplement superbe ! So beautiful!
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