Biscornu cushion

Several years ago I made a pin cushion that is a biscornu — that is, it’s a way of putting together two squares so that you end up with eight sides. Sounds crazy, right? But it’s pretty cool, and I’d always intended to make more. However, a couple of weeks ago I saw photos of a throw cushion in that same shape — and it had gorgeous embroidery on it, too. I just couldn’t resist, so here is my version.

This one is made of eight embroidered blocks; you can see parts of four of them above. The eight blocks are stitched together in four-patches, and then those are put together just as I’d put together my earlier pin cushion.