Labeling your work
#31
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Posts: 200
I have a label maker on my computer. You can write
any thing you want on the label. I list:
Name of quilt
Who will receive quilt
Date
Person making top piece
Person doing longarm.
Special occasion.
Betty Lee
any thing you want on the label. I list:
Name of quilt
Who will receive quilt
Date
Person making top piece
Person doing longarm.
Special occasion.
Betty Lee
#33
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SW Missouri
Posts: 188
I make my quilt labels with an inkjet printer, let the ink dry, then wash in vinegar to set before attaching to quilt. I have also printed using archival pen to make a label, but always set the ink with the vinegar. So far they have survived many washings.
#35
I label my quilts. My DH has created many artworks over the years, rarely signs and never dates them. I've told him he should. Our tastes and styles always evolve and I think it's a wonderful personal history.
#36
Originally Posted by rubia
Do you put labels on your quilts? Why/why not? If you do, what's your favorite technique?
I want to label the quilts I give away as gifts this year... and the ones I keep. I think it's nice for people to know the name of the quilt and adds to the homemade-love of the gift.
I want to label the quilts I give away as gifts this year... and the ones I keep. I think it's nice for people to know the name of the quilt and adds to the homemade-love of the gift.
See attached pictures.
Earlier label
[ATTACH=CONFIG]93773[/ATTACH]
More recent label
[ATTACH=CONFIG]93774[/ATTACH]
#37
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Newberg, OR
Posts: 1,911
I label mine with the name of the quilt, my name, the recipient's name, and if the block has a name, I give that too. Sometimes I add a little quotation. For my son's wedding quilt I used one I found on the internet:
True love in bloom now fills your life
As you become husband and wife
I gave one to a friend that said:
Friends are golden threads in the quilt of life.
I've used Printed Treasures and printed them off, and I've also used my embroidery machine. At first I didn't think I would label my quilts, but then read something about documenting quilts for historical purposes. I don't think my labels will keep people from using their quilts. I do think they feel special when they receive a quilt conceived and made especially for them. Putting a label on it documents that too.
My grandmother didn't label her quilts. I realized one day that I was the only person left who would know anything about them, and so I donated them to a museum. They are such treasures, and I didn't want some future generation wondering who made them or why. We used most of her quilts, but there were a couple that were kept special.
True love in bloom now fills your life
As you become husband and wife
I gave one to a friend that said:
Friends are golden threads in the quilt of life.
I've used Printed Treasures and printed them off, and I've also used my embroidery machine. At first I didn't think I would label my quilts, but then read something about documenting quilts for historical purposes. I don't think my labels will keep people from using their quilts. I do think they feel special when they receive a quilt conceived and made especially for them. Putting a label on it documents that too.
My grandmother didn't label her quilts. I realized one day that I was the only person left who would know anything about them, and so I donated them to a museum. They are such treasures, and I didn't want some future generation wondering who made them or why. We used most of her quilts, but there were a couple that were kept special.
#38
Originally Posted by crazicorn
Originally Posted by rubia
Do you put labels on your quilts? Why/why not? If you do, what's your favorite technique?
I want to label the quilts I give away as gifts this year... and the ones I keep. I think it's nice for people to know the name of the quilt and adds to the homemade-love of the gift.
I want to label the quilts I give away as gifts this year... and the ones I keep. I think it's nice for people to know the name of the quilt and adds to the homemade-love of the gift.
See attached pictures.
#39
Originally Posted by EmsMom
Thank you for including a picture of your label. I am very new to quilting and would love to put on label on the quilt I am making for my daughter. Is June Taylor an online store?
http://store.junetailor.com/store/p-...heetspack.aspx
#40
Originally Posted by crazicorn
Originally Posted by EmsMom
Thank you for including a picture of your label. I am very new to quilting and would love to put on label on the quilt I am making for my daughter. Is June Taylor an online store?
http://store.junetailor.com/store/p-...heetspack.aspx
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