Date on your label
 

I make quilts with no particular person in mind, most of the time. I have a few on hand for emergencies such as a birthday or illness. I only label them when I give them away so my question is. What date do you put on your label? The year it was made, because I might have had it put away for a year or so, or the date you give it away?

I put the year I made it No specific date

I label when complete with my name and year only. If it's made for a particular occasion I'll put the month/year or the date of the occasion.

I put my name and year and sometimes a special note...Health and Hugs, Warmest Wishes...

If it's for a special event, like a birth or wedding, i put that event date on it. If it's just a generic gift i put the year.

I hate to admit it, but I've fallen way behind on labeling my quilts. When I gift one, I do label it, and I put the year it was given rather than the year it was made.

title, month and year of completion and Name of recipient(s) if known....and anything else pertinent to the work or occiassion.

I generally put the month and year, since the label goes on with the binding I just put that ( finished) date. If it was a long term work I at times put the started month, year; finished month, year. Sometime in the future someone may want to see that information - when I started it & how long I worked on it. I ( might) later add information/ date when it's given if that information is something pertinent.

A few years ago, I started labeling with my name, town, state and date. If it becomes a gift at a later date, I add a label "gifted to ___, for (whatever occasion) and the date gifted.

Date of completion and name in one area usually along the binding. Larger label if for a gift; name and date.

I label quilts when they are finished and include the title, my name, location, and completion date. I consider it the signature on my work, like signing and dating any other work of art. If it's made specifically as a gift, I include the recipients name and the occasion.

If I were to gift it later on, I think I'd probably add a second label with those details so it would have both a 'quilt label' and a 'gift label'. Dating a quilt years after completion because you're giving it to someone just seems kind of deceptive to me.

Good Question, I have run across this dilemma many times. If I don't know who it is for, I just put a title, my name, town and no date. I don't want to give it away two years later and have them think it's an old quilt I had lying around. If it is going to someone I know, I add a date. If it's baby quilt, I like to label them on their true birthdate with that date included.

I put on my label to who the quilt is going to(family), and the year I made it. Don

I put my name and the date it was gifted. I seldom make quilts with no specific person or organization in mind. I have none just lying about waiting for a recipient to materialize.

I really wonder why some places that gather quilts for charities want the maker to be anonymous and not to put his/her own label on a quilt.

I always put the date that I finished my quilt, whether it is for myself, or anyone. A hundred years from now, someone may be interested.

That seems unfortunate, that some charities don't want labels!

I will put the month and year the quilt was pieced, as well as the month and year of completion if there is a big gap, which there usually is (as I made more rapid progress learning to piece than learning to quilt, and have a queue of tops patiently waiting their turn).

I think that a lot more information should be added to the label. Quilt historians today bemoan the fact that there is no information to help them date a quilt. We are such a mobile population that we need who, where, when,, etc., on the labels. My family, for example, lived all over the world, and many live in the far-flung states now. Should the quilts be stolen, that may help recover them. Furthermore, should my quilts survive for a long time, my ancestors will have a record.

Stalkers and nere-do-wells. They are actually protecting you.

I am still in the stage of one quilt at a time for a particular person, so each gets a personalized label.

I have been sewing since I was 5, but didn't start quilting till I was 75, I label all of my quilts big and small with the # that it is, 6 years later I am on # 79, it is a wheel chair quilt for the rest home next to our church. Maybe I am crazy but it is fun!!

I am like Dunster, ashamedly, I have fallen behind also with labeling also. But, I think the label should be dated when the quilt was made rather than when it is gifted. I don't think you need more than the year, but I always include the month myself. I think it is a matter of choice.

Title, Name, Year begun and finished

I make quilts for the person in mind so if its for a newborn baby, I add their date of birth on the label. If its for a person and/or family I add the month/year they will receive it. All my labels are made with my embroidery machine and I keep the embroidery design for future reference in case I need to go back to it for whatever reason.

Like Dunster, I've fallen behind labeling my quilts too. Looking at it from a recipient's view, I think they would would appreciate the gift even more if thinking it was MADE especially for them, not something pulled out of a cupboard at the last minute. I do keep things in the cupboard for last minute gifts, and I pull the one that I think is appropriate to the recipient, so I want them to know some thought went into the giving. I think I'll keep labeling mine with the date gifted.