Labour of Love

I had an idea for a while that I would love to make a wall-hanging for Amy with her name on and a special bible verse but I find it difficult to get vague ideas from my head into actual projects - I am much better at following a pattern. However a good friend of mine has helped me with thinking through the ideas, encouraged me when I was struggling with the practicalities and given me deadlines to keep me going with this piece of work till it is finally FINISHED!!!

I started with making some hearts from some of her clothes that she had worn in her first year and appliqued these onto a heart shape. These fabrics were also used to create a border.
Here are my initial ideas.

The buttons from her clothes were used to make up the letters of her name.

The name Amy means 'beloved' so this was embroidered underneath in stem stitch.

The verse I chose for her was from Psalm 37

"Take delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart"

To back the hanging I used one of her cotton cot sheets and added a little message on the back.

It was a big project for me and has definitely taken me out of my comfort zone of following patterns! But I am really pleased with the end result ; )