otherrien

I'm having a difficult time using Micro pens to write on muslin to make my quilt labels. Does anyone have any tips or tricks on making this process easier? I'd appreciate any tips you have to offer or perhaps different pens to write with. Thank you,

leakus

I use a stabilizer so the fabric is stiff and I can write or draw.

erstan947

Iron a piece of freezer paper shiny side to the back side of your label and it will make is more stable. When finished remove freezer paper

woody

I iron a piece of freezer paper to the back the help keep the fabric stable when writing on it. I remove the freezer paper before stitching it down.

gailmitchell

If you iron your fabric onto freezer paper, it will act as a stabilizer and the nib of the pen won't move the fabric.

New Quilter

Maybe if you held it tightly in a small embroidery hoop...???
then it wouldn't be stiff from the stabilizer...Just a thought
Naomi :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

otherrien

Thank you all so much, I will definitely try the freezer paper tips.....

Jingle

Thinks for asking this question. I know I have read this answer lots of times, I will need to know this soon and now I am writing it down. I usually don't put labels on my quilts.

AFQSinc

I make my labels using freezer paper also. I found, on accident, that prewashing the label fabric helps the ink to penetrate the fabric better also. I don't prewash my fabrics but I always make sure to take a bit of dishsoap and wash the label fabric and the dry and iron it before putting on the freezer paper and then writing on it. It has made a tremendous difference in how my labels come out.

kathdavis

The fabric that you can run through your printer makes wonderful labels. You can even add a picture of you or a picture of who the quilt is for.