Originally Posted by
meyert
I have done the corner of the quilt to help the binding hold it. These labels are embroidered and I am afraid of what the quilting would do. Would it look bad? I have just sewn some spots - like tacks to help. But I don't like that either
Feline fanatic - have you put a label on before quilting? I would like to see how that looks
I have only done it a couple of times and the quilts are no longer in my possession and I don't have pictures. It looked just fine. On one the label was hand embroidered so mostly stem stitch for the writing. The other was done with micron pigma pens. In both cases the labels were not near as big as you describe, 8 x 10 is pretty large. On average my labels are about half that size, maybe a little bigger. I tend to only put the following on my quilt labels:
Name of quilt
Year quilt was completed, IOW I only put "2018". I do not put start and finish dates, even if the quilt took years to make.
"made by" and then my name usually as a signature (because I hand embroider my own labels it is relatively simple to embroider my signature)
My town and state.
I don't do dedications or purpose (like wedding gift or Christmas gift for my brother/mother/sister, etc)
If I am feeling particularly ambitious I may embroider a little something on the label. Like a flower, animal, quilt block, seashell, etc