Jelly Roll Race Quilt with a Silhouette
I made this quilt for our 6th GGC, who is a boy. I have always wanted to put a silhouette on a quilt and so I decided to do one on this baby quilt. The face profile that I used is the profile of the baby's older brother. I used a light-weight fusible web on black fabric, drew the silhouette and then fused it onto the top of my quilt. Before sandwiching the quilt, I used a blanket stitch that is available on my sewing machine and stitched the silhouette down to the top. I then sandwiched the top, batting and backing. Before I FMQ'd the quilt sandwich, I sewed a straight line of stitching all the way around the silhouette and then I did FMQing in an echo design on the silhouette and then FMQ'd the rest of the quilt. I used Hobbs 80/20 batting.
I was very apprehensive when I was stitching my silhouette down but I have to say that it went very well and the FMQing went quite well too. It has been the easiest quilt that I have made. I love it!