PLEASE, PLEASE Label your Quilts!
10-08-2011, 04:43 AM
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I don't have stories to go with them but I do have two of my grandmothers and the only one attempted by my mom - there were no labels on them, but as I knew who made them and the approsimate time, I put labels on them when I registered them (I have forgotten the name of the org. I registered them with)
10-08-2011, 04:52 AM
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Originally Posted by luvstitches
I use a fine tip pen and write my name on the lower right hand corner on the back of my quilts. Many quilters have told me not to do this but rather make a label. The reason I do it with pen is because a while ago I saw a very old quilt with the quilter's name in pen on the back. It was so nice to see her writing and made it more personal.
I have made a few labels but mostly use a fine point Sharpie.
The quilts are very lovely!
I have made a few labels but mostly use a fine point Sharpie.
The quilts are very lovely!
10-08-2011, 05:50 AM
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I don't label my quilts!!!!
I actually write the information on the quilt. My signature goes on the front and also under the binding. Add the rest on the backing in permanent INK. Hey if painters can write on their canvas< I can write on my quilts.
I actually write the information on the quilt. My signature goes on the front and also under the binding. Add the rest on the backing in permanent INK. Hey if painters can write on their canvas< I can write on my quilts.
10-08-2011, 05:58 AM
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those quilts are a wonderful piece of history...
imagine what you could have learned about these
from the maker!
i absolutely agree that there should be labels on ALL,
you never know what could happen to them in the future!
imagine what you could have learned about these
from the maker!
i absolutely agree that there should be labels on ALL,
you never know what could happen to them in the future!
10-08-2011, 09:42 AM
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it is interesting, I have one quilt we found in my mothers basement hanging on a hanger in a clothing storage bag. It is not signed, I have no idea at all who made it. I took it to an appraiser, and she estimated it to be made between 1860 and 1880. I will photo copy the information she gave me, and use it as the label for it. That is about the best I can do
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