The silhouette shape is what carries this design. A clean black profile of a woman with a full round natural afro, wide and confident, takes up most of the vertical space. Behind her the three Pan-African colours fill in as horizontal bands with rough brush-stroke edges, not clean fills, so it reads more like a painted flag than a geometric block. Dark green at the top, orange-gold through the middle, crimson red at the bottom.
And then over the afro in white you get 'Black History Month' in a bold brush-script, the letters thick enough to read clearly even at the smaller sizes. The white-over-black contrast is strong, so the text doesnt disappear even on fabric that's got slight texture. Its digitised with proper underlay so the fills sit flat. Five thread colours: black, dark green, orange-gold, crimson and white. At 1180 density on those band fills, use a medium-to-heavy cutaway stabiliser and dont skimp on the backing.
I get alot of orders for this one in february from schools and community groups doing event shirts. One customer ordered it for a whole faculty and said every single person asked where she got the shirts printed. The 7.49-inch size works great on sweatshirt fronts. Use the smaller 3.50-inch version on tote bag panels or jacket pockets. Stitch counts run 17,051 to 58,775 across the five sizes. Skip thin single-layer fabrics without stabiliser or you'll get distortion in the brush-stroke band edges, its worth doing a test run first.
What people are using this design for
A starting point. The design works for plenty more than just this list, this is what folks have stitched it onto most.
- Black History Month event sweatshirts for schoolsSchool event sweatshirt in February: the 7.49-inch fills a chest panel and the brush-stroke band edges survive repeated washing
- Cultural tote bags for February market eventsCommunity organisation staff tee where the silhouette reads as confident branding rather than clipart decoration
- Community organisation shirt frontsClassroom wall display hooped on quilting cotton and framed, the three Pan-African colours give it presence on a bulletin board
- Quilted wall hanging panels for a classroomDenim jacket back panel at a mid-size: heavy cutaway underneath is non-negotiable on denim or the band edges pucker at the seam
- Denim jacket back patches with a heritage themeCanvas market bag for a heritage month stall, the 3.5 small piece keeps costs down when stitching multiples for a batch run
- Canvas gift bags for a cultural celebrationLiving room cushion in an Afrocentric home where the design doubles as decor year-round, not just in February
- Pillow covers for a living room with Afrocentric decorCanvas tote gift for a community leader or educator; the white brush-script text over the afro silhouette photographs powerfully
Dimensions
5 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 3.10 in | 17,051 |
| 4.49 × 3.97 in | 25,367 |
| 5.48 × 4.85 in | 35,278 |
| 6.50 × 5.74 in | 46,312 |
| 7.49 × 6.65 in | 58,775 |
Files & Formats
Eight machine formats included in one zip. Whichever your machine reads, its in the pack.
Plus a color chart for thread matching. See full format guide.
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Reyazul Masud Riham, hand-drawing every design on this site
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