Wedding anniversary hoop

I had this big plan before my wedding to create a hoop that would double as a ring cushion. It was going to be a ring of florals inspired by my bouquet with ribbon ties in the centre.

My adorable Godson would carry it down the aisle and once we were married I’d remove the ties and stitch our wedding date in the centre. I bought a pattern and floss but then flash forward to a couple of weeks before the wedding and I couldn’t fit in work on the project. SO we just used a ring box! And it was fine.

I still fancied making a hoop to commemorate the date so started the hoop a few weeks after our honeymoon. I worked methodically through August and September slowed by tweaking my floss colours slightly as I worked.

The pattern is the Delicate Roses pattern from Namaste Embroidery shown below with a couple of omissions to keep the centre free. Jessica who runs the brand was even super kind and helped me tweak the colour choices by recommending shades over email!

As you see below, my version features pink and coral roses with sage green and lime details. I loved building the satin stitch to showcase the colours but my lazy daisy greenery isn’t my best and my back stitch is a little wobbly. I say it every time but French knots are very satisfying to make.

Hilariously in the final stages of the hoop I put ths wrong month in the centre… traced it, stitched it and photographed it hahah. I had only been married two months so had no excuse. Quick unpicking and I got it fixed in no time.

I think the colour chart in the pattern is a beautiful finish and while I’m pleased how this reminds me of my bouquet the pink roses aren’t quite as dynamic as the coral ones. I’m super pleased how I altered the direction of my satin stitch to give them depth though. I’m still a relative embroidery newbie!

I put the finished embroidery in an orange hoop and have hung it in our hallway so we pass it each day.

As we come close to our first anniversary we’re both giddy to celebrate and are planning ideas PLUS we’re excited to eat our top tier from my mum’s gorgeous cake (white choc and raspberry)!! Its so good having a professional baker in the family. Want me to save you a slice?