(iCandy) mom's silhouette quilt

I've been scheming about making a quilt like this for a couple of years.  Silhouettes are everywhere, I keep seeing them framed on walls, above people's mantel, and i have a couple of pillows with my kid's cute profiles on them.  I thought it would be fun to make a quilt for my mom with all of her Grand-kids' silhouettes on it.  The only problem is, that, until recently, her Grand-kids stretched over 4 states, and a chance where we were all in the same place at the same time {and I remembered to take silhouette pics} are few and far between.  

But, it's finally done!...well, almost!

My mom and dad will soon have 11 Grandchildren (that's why it's not quite finished, I didn't want to leave off my cute new baby just 3 1/2 short months before she's born!)

You know how this works, but here's the basic run down:

-take profile pics of each kid...same distance away, preferably against a white background

-turn them into black and white pics and print them off just on the computer with regular old printer paper. (I printed mine at 8 x 10)

-outline the profile with a Sharpie so you can see the profile perfectly!

-Before adhering your Heat-n-Bond to your fabric, trace each profile onto the Heat-n-Bond, bumpy side down with a pencil.  You should easily be able to see the lines, esp. on a window or light table.

-iron Heat n Bond, or WonderUnder onto plain black cottoon...(I used Kona cotton)

-cut out each profile

-from your background fabric (my white calico) cut 8 x 8 squares (some of the girl's hair hung below that...but I didn't care!

-cut 2 1/2 inch strips of your border fabric 

-I pieced the quilt together first, and then ironed on the profiles...and then stitched the names on.  The reason I did it this way (it would have been easier to stitch without the entire quilt on my lap) was because of the hair hanging over onto the borders.  

-Baste, pin or tack together your sandwich of quilt top, batting and backing

-Quilt

-Bind!

 Here's the quote that's on the extra square!  I love it!

{and ps, it's not bound yet because there is 1 empty square that needs a silhouette before I can complete it...I hope the unfinished product is good enough for a couple months!

So, that's what Mom and Dad got for Christmas from me this year!