The traditional gift for a 5th anniversary is wood, so keeping that in mind, this is the gift I made for DH for our anniversary yesterday (I did not make it yesterday it took me about a week working on it on and off till the last big push.
It's right on the limit of what I know how to do. I stuffed the tree, and while I've done stuffed applique before, It was only once.
I also used ribbon embroidery for the three blue butterflies in the clouds. I bent a needle putting those on, but at least now I can say I've done it.
Just to make sure the gift had "wood" on it (per my husband's request) I used tree branches at the top and the bottom to hold it like a scroll, that only sort of worked because all the tree branches I could find after dark on the 2nd were bent, so it is a little "wiggly".
The words are hand done, and it days "Like a tree, our love grows each and everyday"
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