I'm new to quilting, and have only made two quilts to far. Do any of you label the quilts somehow, so it has your name and the date it was made? If so, how do you do that?

The two quilts that I made were for my twin niece and nephew, I wanted to label it somehow but I wasn't sure how to do it.

Thanks!
Jodi

I have started to label my quilts. I didn't in the beginning though. Usually just a simple "Made with prayer (date) for (name)" Sometimes it is on the back, sometimes in a block on the front. Just depends on how it strikes me at the time.

I place a label on the back of each quilt, ex:
To Kylie
Happy 6th birthday
Made with love
By
Aunt Theresa
Nov 23,2010

Or I may say

Pieced and quilted
By Theresa R
November 2010

I use photo fabric paper and print label from computer, and hand stitch to back of quilt. There are many ways to label and some put on much more info on label then I do.

Lots of people just write the details on a piece of fabric. You need to use a marker that is fabric friendly, so it doesn't run or fade.

I sew that to another piece of fabric (with the information on the inside) and leave an opening so that you can turn it right side out (then whip stitch it shut).

Then you can hand tack that to your quilt.

I recently learned how to put the information in the computer and print it out on fabric that can be run through a printer. Got the "Sew-in Colorfast Fabric Sheets for Ink Jet Printers" by June Tailor, Inc. at JoAnn's.

In long arming most quilters want the quilt to come from them and really don't want a label on their work of art to include us.. Some do. I had digitized a grasshopper as that has become my nickname and put it in the extra area to the side of a Quilt of Valor I was doing for a local guild just to test the pattern. The ladies saw that and made a label out of it for that quilt and said they all want a grasshopper now, just in case I ever get famous or something! Ha Ha. So now I stitch a grasshopper in the outer edge of all my jobs and they can fold it in at the corner and bind it inside or make the label out of it.Some want a really small grasshopper stitched in the outer edge of the top camouflaged in an area that's hard to see.

Several of our clients do want labels made with little sayings, the date, and who it is for, and even us sometimes. It's getting more and more a part of the long arming as they want it sewn in to the pattern. I guess some quilt thieves have started peeling off the labels and replacing them with their own--terrible but true-- so if its sewn in the quilt tops quilting that makes it much more difficult for this to happen. Take Care---Dave B.(grasshopper)

I must have been writing as the last post was coming in from Jeanequilts---WHAT A GREAT IDEA!!!!!---Dave B

My quilts are always for family or friends. I just sign my name BJ and the year it was finished in the back of the binding.

I most definitely do put a label on each quilt. If one of my quilts happens to last 100 years and one of my descendents owns it, I certainly want them to know at least a little about the person who made it. I always put my name, my town, and the year, but sometimes add information on who the quilt was made for and/or the occasion. As I'm not really fond of the actual quilting process, I also give credit if someone other than me quilts it. Each and every quilt deserves a label which tells something about the person who gave of themselves in making it.

I always put two labels on the back, in the 2 bottom corners
1. My name, when and where it was made
2. Name of quilt (if it has one), for whom made (if I know that) from whom, if not me; sometimes a greeting
e.g.: Happy Birthday

I label all my quilts except baby quilts. I put "name of quilt" Made for _____ by his/her mother/grandmother/sisterinlaw/cousin etc my name, then the month and year and if it's quilted by somebody else I add at the bottom of the label "professionally quilted by soandso."

I don't label baby quilts because little kids have a tendency to pick at things and might pull it loose.

I use white muslin and cut it half an inch bigger all the way around than a piece of Wonder Under. After the WU is fused then I write my label with a fabric pen. I turn the edges under and fuse it to my quilt and then do an inivisble stitch around the edges.

I have started to label mine. Using a small piece of the quilt fabric, I write who I made it for and then my name, month and year it was finished and the state I live in. I embroider this info on the fabric using my embroidery machine and then I finish the edges nice and sew it by hand to the back corner of the quilt.

fantastic

I have put labels on a couple quilts. I am trying to do better. Right now my printer in a contrary mood and has decided it doesn't want to feed any thing at all through it. After the holidays, I will be getting a new printer.

I'm Sorry, Trf too--what a great idea!!!!!--Dave B.

Here is a sample of a label used on my grandsons' quilt.

"Barbara’s Antique Quilt"
Made with love
For my Grandsons
Tommy and Andrew
By Grandma Barbara
May it always keep you
Warm and Safe
Summerfield, FL
Christmas 2008

Barbara's Antique Quilt is the name of the pattern--not me.

I make my labels on my embroidery machine. Really adds a nice touch.

Barbara

After hearing you all talk I am goig to start labeling my quilts. I have 3 finish that have already left my house, I'm going to make labels for them too,

i've been finishing quilt tops made by others. I also made teddybears out of quilts that my grandmother made. I put gift tags on the teddy bears that said something to the effect of:

I am made from quilts made by Alta ****(Born: 1/1/1895; Died: 12/25/1944) married to Harry *** on 00/12/00. Given to son,Richard 'Hank'***(born 00/00/00) Made by grandaughter and niece Becky ****** (born 4/11/00)

I then signed my name and dated it.

I include as much family history because it is my hope w/ what i am currently working on, that these things will be passed down to future generations after I am long gone.

btw - there was enough of the tattered quilts remaining from my grandmother that i was able to get 5 teddybears - one for my mom & each of her 4 brothers.

Glad to hear from a fellow cheesehead, where are ya!--Dave B.

Yes you were the chosen one--LOL Pretty town! Any snow up there yet, heard we may be getting some today?

I label all mine. I type a message then trace it on to quilters muslin and backstitch, then attach to quilt. This one was done in a variegated thread for my first great grandy - who turned out to be a girl. Want to put my name in case one of the other g.grans makes something similar - completely out of the question in this case though.

I try to label all of my quilts. Occasionally one gets by me without a label. I use the printer fabric in my printer. then sew it onto the back of my quilts. I put my name, location, and date the quilt was completed as well as the person for whom it was made if I made it for some one special.

I printed out a pretty border on the printer fabric and then wrote in the details with a fabric pen. I just looked at it and the border has almost disappeared. It was not exposed to light. It would be a shame if printed details faded from view like this border. This one was done in February 2007.

I too add a label. One I made for my son reads.
For my son (name).
You've always had my heart.
This was stitched with
loving thoughts of you.
Loveya, Mom
Xmas 2010
made by (my name)
XMAS 2010.
I printed it on fabric paper from my computer, put it on wonder under and then on the back corner of my quilt. Stitched around it with invisible thread.I also add the name of my quilter Charlene Blaine

Now I am up in Neillsville and we didn't come to BRF tonight just because of the ice/rain/snow. I headed out, my mom saw that I was really not happy driving in that crud and told me I could turn around. When I tried to turn into a driveway I slid right past it and said ok well maybe we will just use this one up here!! LOL!!

Quilt labels for Wedding quilts
 

Thanks for the great ideas. I just went to put my friend's wedding invitation on the printer to scan it, and voila! I discover that there is graphic on the back side of the invitation with their names, the wedding date and a heart. That's going to be my label.

I try to get all of them labeled--although right now I have 4 setting upstairs for a guild show and none of labels! I usually put:
name of recipient
my name as maker & sometimes my town/state
date made

occasionally I'll put something additional. I've printed from my computer and sewn on, hand written (saw something about that being a ice touch for future generations)and sewn on, embroidered by hand right onto the back or back of binding and when I give a t-shirt quilt to nieces and nephews to take to college, I usually try to also put their name and hometown in the quilting just in case someone steals it in a group living arrangement.

What about charity or donation quilts? Do you label them too?

Still working on that first quilt, so I haven't. Yet...

I love elephants, and wanted to make a label incorporating them (it was an elephant or a dragon, lol). I have an elephant I created using "Made with (Lov)e" and then I'll put my name underneath. I have the elephant all figured out, but need to find a way to turn the "LOV" into "water spray" (the "E" in love is the tip of the elephant's trunk).

If anyone is creative and could help me out, I could post a photo!

I like to put labels on quilts I make for family. I want them to know and maybe remember where it came from.

I believe in labels, but they intimidate me. I have seen such lovely and creative labels. My daughter-law hand embroiders clever and creative labels that take hours to make. I have printed labels on my printer and they are very ordinary--just the basic facts. I have also read that printer ink will fade to nothing with washing. I need to come up with something that looks great, but takes little time and is permanent. Forget about hand printing, I am not a calligrapher.

I've only made labels for a couple or three quilts that I've made. I do have some woven labels that say "Handmade by...." that I fold over & sew into the back side when I put on my binding on all of my quilts. At least that way they have a name of who made their quilt. I do need to learn how to make labels on my printer. I've had problems with that in the past & keep wasting those fabric sheets that go through the printer. :(

I always label my quilts:

"Name" of quilt
My Name
Date Made (usually the year I finished....yes I have some that are years in the making!)
My Town and State

I also keep a notebook where I list everything I can about the quilt. What made me choose that particular pattern. Who designed the pattern. Snips of the fabrics and information about where purchased and when. Problems (or joys) I've had making the quilt. Who it is made for. Quilting pattern used. Hand or machine quilted (and by whom). Type of thread used (and information about it: manufacturer, weight, where purchased). Lastly, I take a few of photos of the quilt, front, back and close-ups. This notebook is for my own use and has come in handy when I've needed to buy more of a particular fabric, etc.

Hope this helps!

Our charity group has it own labels. I still label my Quilt Of Valor ones.

Below is one of my most common labels. I take a light fabric and fuse it to tear away interfacing. I create the label on my printer and then run the fabric through my printer, I tear off the interfacing and add a cool fabric border (an inch or so) on all sides. I take a piece of the quilt backing and place the two, right sides together and sew all the way around. I make a slit down the fabric BACK and turn it right side out and press well. I then take some 1/4" steam a seam lite and put it around the edges and fuse it to the back corner of the quilt, mostly to hold it in place a little. I then take some embroidery thread (matching or contrasting, depending on desired look) and do a blanket stitch around the edge to really attach it.

If I'm FMQing I like to stitch my name in a corner along with the date, if it's for the kiddos in my life I like to use a permanent quilt marker and put their name, my name, and a "love you" or other personal touch. For the quilt on my bed I stitched my hubby and my names and "I love you" in random places along with a date in the corner

When I add a label, I tend to put in in the bottom right-hand corner and I sew it into two sides along with the binding. The other two sides are folded over and I hand-sew them in.