Originally Posted by
bigsister63
I use my printer and special fabric to print my labels. My daughters wash my grand kids's quilts many times and are not really careful how they wash. The printing has faded but considering how the quilts are handled it is OK. Are you looking for an excuse to buy a embroidery machine and will you use it for other things. No excuse needed.
LOL-- no, not looking for an excuse, though I appreciate your no excuse needed sentiment.
I had been happily printing my labels on fabric meant for ink jet printing and heat setting them with my iron. Then one day I read the package instructions that said to do the heat setting and also another kind of treatment if they were going to be washed. Reading further in the label it said that even with both treatments the printed items should be washed in cold water only and No detergent. That's what made me start thinking about embroidering them instead.
Glad to to hear that your printed labels have held up to washing--- I think for now I'll stick to printing my labels and maybe playing around with the fonts on my sewing machine. I'm wondering if the instructions I read were maybe geared more toward people who are printing color photos on their quilts rather than black and white labels.
Rob