Monday, April 15, 2013

Biscornu all corned!

The biscornu is done, stitched up, stuffed, may have another item stitched into the center, but I'll wait on that and see how I like it.  This was great fun, once I fathomed the architecture of it -- not half as tricky as I'd supposed.

So here are views, front, back, side.  I ended up putting a little embroidery area in the small boxes, after all, and saved my initials and the year for the back in the end.  And I am criticizing it already....not stuffed tight enough, or something.  But I think I'll let it rest for now and just see.





This was fun, and now I have to do some finishing work, my hated item, on other stitched projects.  I hate framing, finishing, stuffing, whatever has to happen for presentation, but as a sardonic artist friend, Stefi M. once said, if you want the joy of framing, first you have to suffer the misery of making art...

5 comments:

  1. Very nice Liz. Rather than a button maybe a couple of nice beads for the centres if you decide to go that way. That will pull your stuffing together too and won't hide much of your lovely stitching.

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  2. the stuffing's already pulled together! it's stitched tight through the middle. I'm still thinking about whether it needs something more in the middle, though, since I designed the stitching to be seen. We'll see!

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  3. a great biscornu, like you I love the creating of a piece but the finishing, stuffing etc ugh

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  4. your biscornu is so cute and delicate !

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  5. I can't help it - every time I see the word 'biscornu' it makes me hungry!! Yours looks very pretty, but definitely not edible.

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