Wall Quilt with embroidery of a willow tree - Advanced Embroidery Designs

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Willow Tree in Spring Wall Quilt

This tutorial shows you how to create a wall quilt featuring a central embroidered willow tree motif. You will learn the steps to piece the borders, applique and embroider the tree design, and finish the quilt with stitching and binding. The finished quilt measures about 30 inches square and makes a fresh, nature-inspired piece for your home.

We used the design of Willow.
The finished size of the quilt is about 20" x 20".

You can purchase this wall quilt from our Etsy store!

Small wall quilt in green colors with embroidery of a willow tree in the center.

You will need :

embroidery threads either polyester or rayon according to the colors card;
a fat quarter of light-colored fabric for the central part with embroidery;
small amount of brown and bright green fabrics matching the colors of the embroidery for the first and second borders and binding;
1/2 yard of fabric with spring foliage pattern;
fabric for the backing;
medium-weight cut-away embroidery stabilizer;
batting;
quilter's ruler;
rotary cutter;
iron;
#12 universal needle for piecing;
quilting threads of matching colors;
#12-#14 quilting needle.

Embroidery:

Stabilize and hoop the light-colored fabric for the central part tightly.
Upload the file of Willow to the embroidery machine.
Select threads. Embroider the design in the center.

Trim the stitch-out to 11 1/2" x 11 1/2" square, leaving equal margins around the embroidery.

Cutting:

Out of brown fabric for the first border:

Cut 4 squares measuring 2" x 2"
Cut 2 strips measuring 1 1/4" x 11 1/2"
Cut 2 strips measuring 1 1/2" x 13 1/2"

Out of bright green fabric for the second border:

Cut 4 squares measuring 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Cut 2 strips measuring 1 1/4" x 13 1/2"
Cut 2 strips measuring 1 1/4" x 15"

Use the remaining green fabric for the binding.
Out of patterned fabric:

Cut 2 strips measuring 3 1/2" x 15"
Cut 2 strips measuring 3 1/2" x 21 1/2"

Assembly:

Note: seam allowance is 1/4". Press the seam immediately after you make it.

Position 4 brown squares onto the corners of the central square, face to face, aligning the sides. With a graph pencil, draw a diagonal from corner to corner on the brown squares.
Stitch along the diagonal.

Brown squares stitched in the corners of the central part.

Cut along the stitched lines with seam allowance of 1/4".
Open and press the corners.

The excess fabric is cut along the diagonal with seam allowance 1/4

Sew the 1 1/2" x 11 1/2" strips to the upper and lower edges of the working piece.
Sew the 1 1/2" x 13 1/2" strips to the left and right edges of the working piece.

First, brown, border stitched to the central part.

Position 4 green squares onto the corners of the working piece, face to face, aligning the sides. With a graph pencil, draw a diagonal from corner to corner on the green squares.
Stitch along the diagonal.

Green squares stitched in the corners of the working piece.

Cut along the stitched lines with seam allowance of 1/4".

Open and press the corners.

The green corners pressed open. Photo shows one corner.

The green corners pressed open. Photo shows all four corners on the working piece.

Sew the 1 1/2" x 13 1/2" green strips to the upper and lower edges of the working piece.
Sew the 1 1/2" x 15" green strips to the left and right edges of the working piece.

Sew the 3 1/2" x 15" patterned strips to the upper and lower edges of the working piece.
Sew the 3 1/2" x 21 1/2" patterned strips to the left and right edges of the working piece.

Quilting and Finishing

Now place the backing on a flat surface (table) face down. Cover with batting. Spread your working piece over it.

Pin all layers together.
We quilted in a free-motion style all over the working piece. Start from the central part, and echo-quilt the embroidery first. Then proceed to the area around.
Change threads to match the colors of the fabrics.