How do you make your quilt labels?
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How do you make your quilt labels?
I've been asking my quilting buddies how they make their quilt labels. Answers have ranged from: they don't make one, use cross stitch, Micron pen, machine embroidery. So my question to you is: How do you make quilt labels, and why do you like that method?
Thanks, I'm trying to find a new method.
Thanks, I'm trying to find a new method.
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for my better quilts, i machine embroider my labels with my name and date and the recipient's name and occasion and other pertinent information. for everyday items, i use a sharpie to put my name and the year
#4
I use a printer and Printed Treasures fabric. In addition to the information on the label, I add colored graphics that go with the name of the quilt. For example, recently I made the label for a quilt called Tee Time. The quilt used cloth from the Hole in One fabric collection. I put a golfer teeing off on the label. For Blessings of Autumn that I finished last week, I put an autumn looking scarecrow on one side of the label and a horn of plenty with fruits and vegetables on the other side. I enjoy finding clip art for the colorful labels. For me, the labels printed on fabric are easy and fun to make.
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I usually embroider the info along with a little something like a tape measure or sissors just depends if it is a baby quilt I use appropriate stuff like a little teddy bear a stork well you get the idea.
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I print the words onto paper trace on to calico with a pencil (this stops wonkyness) then hand embroider the words. I generally handstitch the label to the back. These days my penmanship is pretty terrible, so this works for me.
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depends on the quilt the label is going on- sometimes i design a label on the computer & print it onto fabric, sometimes i use a micron pigma pen, sometimes i embroider something, sometimes i incorporate one right into the construction of the quilt, sometimes i write directly on the quilt...every quilt has it's own label-with it's own considerations for design/type/method
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