Made this back on St Patrick’s day for a good friend of mine, and it seems I forgot to post it here.
It was from a free pattern at http://www.papillon-creations.com/
Posts tagged biscornu
Biscornu
(This was an article written for the Slytherin school newspaper and linked to in one of my posts. Hence all the HP references scattered throughout it. However, the Serpentimes seem to be down now, so I’m uploading a copy for your reference.)
Homemade Ornaments
Enjoy creating your own, unique ornaments? Know how to cross stitch? Want to learn how to make an ornament out of any cross stitch pattern? Perfect!
For those of you who don’t cross stitch, or simply don’t have the time to cross stitch too many patterns, you could simply sew two colorfully patterned pieces of cloth together in much the same fashion.
Just follow these easy steps and you’ll be well on your way to covering your home with handmade ornaments in time for the holidays!
Now, you can make these ornaments with any cross stitch pattern, but for your convenience I’ve provided one for you today, which I’ll be using for my example. It was designed by me specifically for this project, so I hope you enjoy it!
Hogwarts Biscornu
So, I made up this pattern for the Slytherin newspaper at http://hol.org.uk
The pattern, and instructions on how to make a biscornu are published there:
http://serpentimes.org/?p=1452
Edit: It seems the serpentimes is no longer working properly, so I’ve posted the article here in my blog as well.
Get the pattern here.
Biscornu
A little thing I did for my mother’s birthday. It’s actually fairly small, fits in the palm of my hand. I should have put something next to it in the picture for size reference, but I forgot =/
It’s cross stitched on 28 count evenweave, 1 over 1, half stitches. So the detail is small as well.
I used some purple variegated thread, which made it turn out rather nice.
She ended up putting it on a string and using it as a necklace. Weird.
Anyway, the pattern is a freebie over at Ink Circles (September 06)
