Jane, Your son will love this quilt fabric ! I like you approach to stencil FMQing I can't draw stick people so trying to just let go and do design. My throat is too small to be very creative with designs so this is the only alternative to hand quilting. Charity quilts only want MQing so I'm forced to do MQing. I've thought of using this method too and just pinning in place. Thanks for sharing this with us and happy quilting always. :-D :-D :-D