I use to do it that way and then someone ask if I had tried washing the label and I hadn't. Sure enough the next one I did a sample and almost all of the ink rinsed out. So now I use bubble jet or the label/photo fabric. HP printer are the worst. In fact we had printed a photo on HP photo paper it got wet and it completely disappeared. It was a Photo printer too. Epson is the best according to Best Buy for they demonstrated a photo in a jar of water done by an Epson printer and it was fine.
I still don't take chances anymore on the label. I was so disappointed, I had given so many quilts with labels printed on freezer paper and muslin, but after that I rinse my labels to make sure the ink is holding.
Originally Posted by kasmitty1
I was taught:
Cut a sheet of freezer paper letter size. Press it onto a light solid color fabric (same size as freezer paper). Place this in your ink-jet printer. It will feed in as a regular piece of paper.
On your computer, use Word or similar, design or just type out your label (name, date, quilt name, and whatever else) and then print to the freezer paper/fabric. Make sure you print on the FABRIC side.
Peel off the freezer paper, then press the printed fabric with a hot iron. This sets the ink and you have a label.
Then sew on (in any way you desire).