Here is another biscornu that I stitched for a friend's birthday. As it has finally arrived in Italy (lucky Biscornu!!!), I can share the photo of it. I have to thank Merumo for the idea on this one! The first time I stitched a redwork design was for an exchange specifically for redwork. I was having a hard time finding a design. Merumo gave the advice of using any design--it didn't need to be charted specifically for red floss only. It was just a matter of using red floss rather than the called for colors. Of course...sometimes I really do need to think outside the box!! Then I was going through my freebies and came across several Indigo Rose designs (can you tell I love her designs finished as biscornus?). This freebie actually has a different color scheme, but I worked it all in red. The idea was not original as Merumo had stitched this first. Her corners were finished with cool looking beads, but I decided to stick with tassles. I did borrow her idea of the outside rows--they are a nice touch. And I sort of prefer the puffy look, so I didn't add any buttons. Can you tell I have gotten lots of practice with biscornus lately?
Finally this afternoon I packaged up two boxes, and two mailers ! I am soooo happy to get them ready to mail. Two are part of a birthday exchange that I am in--in one of my Yahoo groups. One gift is going to be late (oops--very sorry!), and one hopefully will just make it. It is a relief to get these out of the way. Now I only have a project that is a one on one exchange, and the next birthday won't be until July! This will be a huge sigh of relief--now I can get back to my own (ignored) projects! I feel like I have been running behind in everything lately. I am not planning on joining anymore exchanges over the summer--I need a break from deadlines!