I don't have a fancy embroidery machine either but my machine does do a basic block alphabet. For special quilts I hand embroider the information. I always try to put who it was for, if there was an occasion (like wedding, birthday, etc). The name of the quilt, My name, city and state and year of completion. Sometimes I do this on an orphan block left over from the top or use my practice block for the label. Sometimes I just do plain fabric. Once I did a broderie perse from one of the fabrics in the top onto the label.