Biscornu
 

Hope it is ok to ask this. I am looking for a pattern to make this shape of Biscornu. I love these little pin cushions and have made the other 2 traditional shapes. If anyone can help me out with this pattern... not the embroidery, but the shape. it would be appreciated.

wow, i was going to say they must be diamond shapes but found this so far-https://feltmagnet.com/textiles-sewing/How-To-Make-A-Biscornu

Is this the same?
http://maryandpatch.blogspot.com/201...incushion.html

Here's another -
http://abyquilt.blogspot.com/2007/04...-tutorial.html

So far I've only found this one that looks like yours, and indeed they have used squares, not diamonds as I thought too, but there are no instructions to put it together. It also seems to have pockets.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tintoc...th/3211986809/

Isn't it made with just two squares, but sewn with one's corner matched to the other's midpoint of one side, and then so on, all the way around the outside? Then the shape is formed when it's stuffed, and can be emphasized with the wrapped floss.

It's such a cute shape!

Dunster thank you so much. I have looked for hours. This is it .. I appreciate this so much.

Wow! I love those little Biscornus. Might try one.

Dunster to the rescue! I love this board.

How cool is that. Learned a new word today, biscornu, thanks.

I had never heard of a biscournu either! That is super cute and I have feeling, thanks to Dunster's sleuthing and finding those awesome tutes, that we will probably be seeing lots of pictures pop up of those wonderful little pincusions.

(taking a bow) I'm glad that helped. The trick was searching for star pincushion rather than biscornu. Like many others, I had never heard that word before, but we all know what a pincushion is!

Dunstar, what a great detective. Thank you.

i love pincushion patterns. have spent many happy hours searching for images, free patterns & creating pin cushions. biscornu pincushion patterns are frequently seen in my searches. i love them, tho not enough to make them. here is a link to a article discussing biscornus by Mary Corbet, one of my favorite blog sites for needlework. there's several nice links to sites with well illustrated how-to instructions.

https://www.needlenthread.com/2007/0...ts-really.html

Rogue quilter, I love Mary Corbet, never thought to check her. Thanks.

Once again I have learned something new from you ladies on this board. I'm going to try to make one of these today, looks a bit challenging to me. Thank you all for the great ideas and all the help on this board.

Here are two other shapes I have made. Thanks ladies for such help and good response