Originally Posted by bluestarmom
The hand stitiching to the back of the quilt is my most probable solution, but the problem is I cannot seem to ise the PIGMA pens. The micro are to thin and I have a 1.0 in black and it seems that I'm following my printing well enough. I hate it looking sluppy after the fun I had making them. Is there a favrotie technique to getting the pen to work as well as you want it too and is the 1.0 pen better then the "fine" tip pen. This darn arthritis in my hands is a killer, but I sure don't mine trying.. So thoughts again on on the pen and hair stitiching the label on.
Try to find a Pigma Brush pen. The tip is sort of a felt tip in a brush shape. Softer and wider than the micro tip pens. Don't press too hard with it, or the point "mushes out". But it is much like using a fine brush to write with.
There are also other acid free pens that will work, and be permanent on fabric. Some are "dye" pens, some pigment pens.
I have found several different ones at JoAnn's, in the fabric dyeing/embellishing section. Some scrapbooking pens also work well.
A label is a nice way to let others know about the quilt you made. Who made it, when, where, name, if from a pattern/book and so on. Think about all the vintage and antique quilts that we know so very little about, often not even exactly when they were made or by whom. So sad.
Have fun,
Pati, in Phx