Tracy has been creative trying her hand at embroidery, having not done any since school over 40 years ago and not being very good at it back then. A lady on Etsy embroiders wedding photos, but when quoted £300 for a picture, Tracy decided to try it herself.

Photos of her daughter Elinor’s wedding to Rory were taken by professional photographer Matt Cook. Tracy chose a colour photo of Elinor and Rory, converted it to black and white on her iPad then printed out an 8″ x 10″ black and white photo at Boots.

Several colours of embroidery silks to match the colourful bouquet were bought from Hobbycraft and John Lewis, along with a sharp, pointed tool to make holes in the photographic paper. Tracy watched embroidery stitches videos on YouTube then started to embroider slowly. Twelve hours later, but only sewing for up to 2 hours at a time, the picture was completed, then mounted and framed. The back of the photo looks interesting too, with the coloured silks radiating outwards, held down by sticky tape. The stitches used were French knots, bullion knots, woven wheels, back stitch, lazy daisy, long stitch and fishbone stitch.

The happy couple love the picture and it’s now in pride of place in their lounge.