Dogwood Tree Quilt
 

I'm not sure what order these will come up...
This is my second machine-quilted quilt.
One of the pictures is the center of the quilt. There are 28 of the dogwood flowers in the center of the quilt. I have quilted 21 of them. You can see three on the bottom are not quilted yet!! Another picture is a close up of one. I didn't have any yellow thread for the center, and I didn't want to buy any, so I used some off-white and it worked really well. My stitches are too small to see the thread! The other picture is how it looks when I'm playing with it! As you can see, I have a regular sewing machine (Janome 3022) with a normal-sized throat (6 inches? I can't find the specs for it online and I can't measure it right now). The quilt is queen-sized but it's been fairly easy to quilt. I'm tired of the blossoms, and I want to skip ahead to the leaves, but I'm making myself finish the flowers first! I still have not decided what to do with the "white area" of the quilt, but I'm planning on echoing the entire center design once (or twice if it needs it!) so it will be a while before I get to the white area anyway. I'm hoping the quilt will talk to me, but so far, it's giving me the silent treatment!

Beautiful quilt. It must have taken you some time to do. Hope the quilting part is easy for you. Thanks for sharing.

Absolutely stunning.

Very, very beautiful. Please show it again after you get it quilted. I love it.

Beautiful quilt and so nicely done... great job.

lovely quilt. thanks for the pic of how you squooshed it under the arm.

Great job on the quilting. I can't get to my sewing room for building my house.

It is a beautiful quilt...my first thought for a name was 'Dogwood Sunsets'

Wow, as I scrolled down it kept getting better and better - this is absolutely stunning. Thank you for sharing.

That is a gorgeous quilt. Dogwoods are one of my favorites.Good job.

Looks like you've done a beautiful job. Keep up the good work. Would love to see it when it's quilted. Peggy

I love dogwood blossoms! great quilt! ask Borntohandquilt here what to do on the background. she does great hand work.

Beautiful. My quilts have never talked to me, won't do any good, I mostly do a large stipple or just meander.

That's going to be one awesome quilt when you get it finished. Can't wait to see it

How beautiful!

Beautiful quilt! Love the dogwoods! :)

Just beautiful
I had many dogwood trees when I lived in NYC and I really miss them
Your quilt brought back happy memories

Great job! Love the colors and design.

Very pretty!! You've done an excellent job so far! I will be waiting to see it again when it is all done.

What a stunner! That is so pretty. I have the pattern and have looked at it and wondered if I could do it. Thanks for sharing...what a great job!

Beautiful. I hope it will start talking soon, so you can plan.

That is so pretty!

Sew Beautiful :)

WOW! That is really pretty.

Very beautiful quilt.

Great quilt. Love the colors you chose. Keep up the good work.

Fabulous!!! Love it and love Dogwoods. FMQ looks great! :thumbup:

That is so very beautiful.

Wow....lots of work!!! Sure turned out beautiful :)

Beautiful dogwoods. Wonderful piecing....have fun quilting and please post when finished.

Absolutely stunning.

WOW - Just beautiful, great job and thanks for sharing
Have a Blessed day
Ellen

Thank you all for the kind words! I didn't make the top, I'm only doing the quilting on it. I agree that it is a beautiful quilt! I got four more of the flowers done last night. Woo! Light at the end of the tunnel! I will probably be done with the flowers tonight (just the ones in the center of the quilt. I still have the ones on the border to look forward to!) and start on the leaves this weekend.

That is a lot of work but will be gorgeous when finished

Youre doing a great job Ashley. Hope to see it in person one day.

Gorgeous quilt.

Great quilt, you dida good job.

I love dogwoods, that is wonderful!

How beautiful this quilt is. Great job Show the finished project when you get it all quilted.

Just beautiful! Can only imagine the amount of work.