I love to design and print my own labels. I use the Bubble Jet products for my muslin or broadcloth, then I print my labels on my Epson Ink Jet printer...a plus since EPson inks are waterproof!

I label, with "made with love" for whomever...from Nana or Mom, or Katie .name of the pattern, even if I designed it, and the date. I use Print Shop to design it, and print it on muslin ironed to freezer paper.

I use labels that I buy from Keepsake Quilting. They come in a panel. I buy a yard and get alot of different ones. Then when I am done with a quilt I put my name and the date etc on it. I will get another panel from them soon as I see in the catalogue that there is a new one out.

Do you put freezer paper on the back of those labels? I just purchased them but am not sure how to proceed....
Thanks!

I alway label every quilt I make - Some years down the line when I am not around the Name of the quilt/ year it was done and whom makes it special to the person who receives it ..And if your children wants akeepsake they have some record of your work and when

I cut out the one I want to use, sign it, fold the edges under and slip stitch it onto the back bottom right corner.

I make a label out of muslin and border it with some fabric from the top. My labels include a history of the quilt--where I got the pattern, where I got the fabric, for whom the quilt was intended, who quilted it and, of course, my name, the place the quilt was made and the date the quilt was finished.

Quilts are part of the family history and if family members get them, they'll be interested. I always want to know all I can know about the quilts I see. If the quilts last longer than my family, God forbid, strangers who get them may well be interested.

I think we are short-changing the future by failing to record our history and our quilts are part of that history.

HAND EMBRODIARY LABELS ARE REALLY NEAT AND YOU CAN MAKE THEM AS FANCY AS YOU WANT. THE ONE'S I HAVE DONE THIS WAY HAVE A NAME, DATE, AND YEAR. MY AUNT HAS USED THE LITTLE PIECE THAT IS USED TO TEST THE PATTERN ON IRON PATTERNS AND THEY COME OUT REALLY CUTE. I LABEL SOME QUILTS AND SOMETIMES JUST FORGET TO DO OTHERS. I WISH ON SOME OF THOSE THAT I HAD PUT LABELS ON THEM. I LIKE THE IDEA OF PUTTING A SMALL DECAL/SYMBOL ON THE QUILT THAT I READ ABOUT EARLIER ON ONE OF THE MESSAGES AND RECENTLY I HAVE STARTED TAKING PICTURES JUST TO TO KEEP ON HAND TO LOOK BACK ON THE QUILT. I HAVE AN EMBRODIARY MACHINE TOO AND WHEN I GET AROUND TO IT I AM GOING TO PURCHASE ONE OF THEIR LABEL DISC AND SEE HOW THEY WORK. RIGHT NOW I JUST PROGRAM MINE IN AND STITCH OUT THEN PLACE IT ON THE QUILT. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAS NOW GONE AS FAR AS LABELING HER BACKING BEFORE SHE SANDWICHES IT TOGETHER AND THEN QUILTS.

I always put a label on my quilts. I usually name them and then include who it's for and the occasion as well as my name and the date. I did notice in a previous post that some quilters include a symbol or initial within the quilt to identify them should a quilt get lost or stolen. I have my quilts professionally quilted and an tiny angel design is hidden within her quilting. I think I'm going to ask her to include my initials as well. I'm thinking it's a good thing.

Make a label with your word processor. Cut fabric typing paper size. Iron fabric (white muslin) to shinny side of freezer paper. With dot matrix printer print label on fabric freezer paper sandwich. Remove freezer paper. Set the ink by pressing with hot iron for approx. 15 minutes.

Me, too, with age creeping ever higher I would like my great grands to remember who made them their quilt so I embroider a label for all of them. Much easier since I got the embroider machine, used to hand embroider them.

On all but the last one, I FMQ my name. I have an easy name. Kelly is all lines and loops.

I label all my quilts. At first I used a 'permanent marker', even the sharpie and pigma pens, but over time with laundering they become too light or wash out. So now I use the font on my sewing machine and stitch my labels onto a piece of lighter fabric and fuse it to the backing, then quilt over it when quilting the quilt. It aint gonna come off.

When I first learned to quilt I was told it was important to put labels on all quilts, even for grandkids etc, cuz they could be of historical (don't laugh) interest or when someone in the future is doing family genealogy. We don't think our quilts will last that long, but do we really know? Imagine 100 years from now, someone opens an old trunk and finds your quilt! If no label, no 'history'.

People find quilts at thrift shops, estate sales, family trunks etc all the time and wonder, ... who, when, where?

Yes, put labels on your quilts!

warm quilt hugs, sue in CA

I usually print a label with all the pretenant infor on my computer. I iron on freezer paper just before I push the button to print and then I piece the label into the quilt back. If I finish a quilt it is a big deal and I want people to know who did it and if it is for something special I want that known too.

sometimes yes and sometimes no. I find that if I am doing a quick baby quilt that needs to go out right away I always forget to label.

I don't consider a piece finished unless it is labeled and photographed and then put in my journal of quilts. Too many wonderful quilts have been made throughout the years without valuable information to go along with them. I have heard many collectors and appraisers speak and emphasize how important that bit of info is.

I press a piece of fabric to freezer paper, put it in the printer and make a lable. then applique it to the bottomright corner on the back of all but the baby quilts that I expect to be used until they are worn out

I always label my quilts with Quilt Name___ For ___ Year___
MY name___My Address. My exceptions are when I do a Church raffle Quilt which I Name___, Date___, the Church's Name on it. I also include a card with quilt care and on the back of the card I put my name and year.

That's a wonderful treasure you have. I have 5 from my grandmother, but I know she didn't make them. Was it her mom? My mom's not sure since no one is left from my dad's side. Even just initials would clear up who made them.

I am thinking of making labels for my 5 with my name, inherited from GM, possibly made by GGM. You could do something similar with your 20.

I do label mine, but now am thinking of embroidering my name & year along the edge somewhere. I have a short name!

I too label my quilts; I embroider a label with name of recipient, my name, date, name of quilt. I also add some embroidery designs in keeping with the quilt design. My giftees like the label as well as the quilt. They always can't wait to see their label.

I label all my quilts except chairty ones, my quild puts their own label on them. My labels vary from printed images and text (by computer or handwritten), quilt name, who quilt was for and my info; name, location and date, to a label made with a small light colored square folded into a triangle and stitched in a corner of the quilt with just my name and date on it. I like the idea of my family and friends remembering me and/or the occasion for the quilt when they see the label on their quilts. May in Jersey

I just tried the freezer paper method and success is mine!!! How cool is that! Thanks for the info, Joy!

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I always print fabric labels with my inkjet printer and it depends on who and what occasion as to how much info I put on it.

I label all my quilts on my embroidery machine. (On the back b4 I put it together) Even my own because then I can easily see if I've improved since I made 'that' one! I put minimum of name & date unless it's a gift, then add something special. Sometimes I use a design of a quilt label & add text or I just put the info on it. I don't care if it's used up or not, in my lifetime, just so somebody knows in the future that 'Grammy' made it! :-D

I always desi9gn a label for each quilt on my emb. machine--makes it special. I either use a name it is for or the name I have decided on for the quilt, ny name and the date. Of course take a pic also.

I forget to put labels usually. But after reading these I'm gonna try and start to label every quilt. My question is...Where do you normally put your label, on the front or back of the quilt?

My family members want their labels on a top corner. Then when the bed is made up, the quilt is folded back to show the label. They are proud of their labels; I customized each one individually.

"Quilts for Kids" send a label with the material for top they send and direct to place label on back of quilt and sew around all four sides.

what kind of material do you use to label your quilts,other than embroidery machines or by hand?

and do you keep track of the quilts you made and gave away?

Is a permanent marker ok to use, and will it definately stay on? I want something I can do to label what I make and it will stay on!

I have an inkjet printer,

Deecee, how do you do it? would appreciate the how to!

Online, you can find printable label designs. Either buy the packaged fabric or heat set muslin to freezer paper, cut to correct size and send it thru your ink jet printer. Easy.

I use pre-packaged fabric sheets for my ink-jet printer. I usually use a photo relative to the occasion or person receiving the quilt - in the label above I have used a photo of part of the actual quilt.

I either type up the message in a "Word" document and insert the photo in the document, then print.

Or if I want to manipulate the pic, either by adding a frame or cutting and pasting parts of the pic, I use "Paint" which you can usually find under accessories in Windows.

There are also label programmes you can buy or are included in software such as EQ, but I find you can do pretty much whatever you want with the programmes already on Windows.

In the above label I added the burgundy border (the quilt was bound with burgundy) and cut and pasted the text into the centre.

The pre-packaged fabric sheets are very easy to use. There is some variation between brands but bascially its print, dry, peel off backing, rinse and press. Some brands require a setting agent for the rinse.

Psycho - if you want any other info, don't hesitate to PM me.

I do that too. Now I can do it all on the computer, so it saves me a lot of hassle.

I use my embroidery machine and put the information right on the back behind where a design would be on the front. Then go ahead and quilt it as usual.

I type my info on the computer. Sometimes I find a site that has labels or saying one can use. I like to use a little verse or saying on my labels. Then I add my info to that.
Made by
Where I live
Quilted by
Name of the quilt
Recipient's name if it is being given to someone.

I make a small panel with info re: the occasion, the person it is for, my name, the date, and an attempt at some sweet prose for posterity.

I put a "Created by____" label on my works I'm keeping or if I don't know who the recipient will be. I make personalized labels for gifts with the year they were completed.

Randa, I use a square of fabric, color your choice, and baste it to the back of my quilt. After I have put the information such as date, place, name, or any other pertinent information, even to the name of the person to whom I gave the quilt, I then baste it down and quilt it into the quilt. It makes it much tougher to remove the label in case of theft. Plus, who knows how long your quilt will be around? Maybe lots longer than you might think. This also has a good side to it: When my son was married I wrote on the label that it was his quilt, given in honor of his wedding. When he was divorced, there was no question about who got the quilt! So, label all your quilts.

Sometimes I have found a place to write my name and date in a corner (as long as it would not be too obvious!) or on the backside on the binding. One I tucked away underneaeth a hanging sleeve too! Some of my quilts I haven't labeled, but I think I will go back and do that just for the historical aspect.

Lately, I have been finishing quilts that my aunt (80 yrs old) started. One i used a label that came off a bolt of fabric. When I made teddy bears out of old baby quilts that my grandma made, i included Grandma's name (birthdate & death date), my uncles' names & their birthdates along w/ who made the bear (me, granddaughter)....I always include dates

I put as much info as possible because what i'm currently working on will be passed down thru future generations & i'm wanting the story to not get lost down the road when I've gone over the rainbow.

I always put the name tag on before I sew the binding on that way is is harder to get off I hand stitch around and secure it to the back with tiny stitches as it makes it harder to get scissors between the threads.