Originally Posted by GailG

I have done it by making a separate label or by writing directly on the quilt. My machine "writes" so I've done labels by including the name of the person receiving the quilt, the occasion (birthday, graduation, baptism, etc.), my name, date. This is appliqued to a lower corner of the backing. I've also used a permanent pen to write directly on the backing. Sometimes it's been as simple as "by Gail.......... " and the date. My dilemma has always been whether to apply the label before quilting or after. I have always appliqued it by hand after the quilt has been quilted and bound. And I've wondered if that is the better practice.