Family Tree Wall Hanging

I've had the idea for this project in my head for awhile now. I finally got around to making it for mom for mother's day, and I'm pleasantly surprised with how it turned out. I got my initial idea from this pillow, and then went from there. Here's the finished project:



I tried my hand at free-motion quilting on the leaves. The first few didn't turn out so well, but once I got the hang of it it went by pretty quick, and turned out to be very addicting. I embroidered mom and dads initials and the year they got married on the tree trunk. The names by the leaves were just written in sharpie (thank you Betsy, we all know my handwriting is terrible!), and a few of the leaves are left blank for when new kiddos come along.

I love the way it turned out, and I think mom likes it too. Now if I could only figure out how to make one for my little family of four without it looking ridiculous.