Quintessential Frisian Smalls Sal – Biscornu

When Caroline from Evertote, Jacob from Modern Folk Embroidery, and Kerri from Roxy Floss Co  announced the ‘Quintessential Frisian Smalls Sal, I was keen to stitch along, but I have to be honest, I had doubts if I would enjoy stitching in one colour for a length of time.

I don’t know why I was worried though, because the more I stitch on this little collection, the more I want to stitch and the 'Falu Red' thread is to die for!

The project for October was a cute little Biscornu, which looks incredibly difficult, but is in fact quite simple to make. 

It’s all in the finishing!

The stitching is just two squares, one for the top and another for the bottom.

While I was stitching mine, I decided to add  some evenly spaced threads, which were later removed,  to aid the placing of the panels at a 45 degree angle when finishing.

The shape is achieved by offsetting the corners, positioning a corner from the top square at the centre of  one of the sides of the bottom square and whip stitching through the back stitch around the squares.

Once the edges are stitch together and the Biscornu stuffed, a button or in my case  a bead is stitched through the centre and pulled tight to  give it it’s unusual shape. 

 Happy Stitching!

Sue

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