Labels??????????
 

Do you make them, buy them, order them? Where do y'all get your labels? I have 13 finished quilts that I need to put labels on and 4 unquilted ones.

I order mine from SEWNSEWER2 who is a member of this board. She makes awesome custon labels and her price is so reasonable. You will not be disappointed with her work.

I embroider on my backing with my embroidery machine.

i custom machine embroider my own labels adding pics of the interests of the recipient

Sewnsewer2 makes my labels as well!!!

I print my labels. The fabric I use is called Printed Treasures. In addition to the basic information, I include clip art that goes with the theme of the quilt. For example, the quilt I am binding now has golf themed fabric. I am calling the quilt "Tee Time" and will have a picture of a golfer swinging at a ball on the label.

SEWNSEWER2 makes my labels, too. She does beautiful work and her prices are the most reasonable I've ever found.

I hand write with a permanent marker on muslin.

Luv2sew does some labels for me some I make out of scraps or even cut up hankerchiefs!

Sewnsewer is the BEST!

I bought an inexpensive embroidery machine and make my own. I also have EQ stitch so I can make custom labels easily. I made my signature into an embroider file.

I make my own with Word, either with Bubble Jet Set on fabric or with Printed Treasures. I love being able to put a picture of the recipient on the label!

I embroider my own and for friends.

I just bought some printed treasures and I am wondering once you print a label what happens to the rest of the sheet?
It seems like there is a lot of waste. It is very costly to waste that much.

Sewnsewer does mine, can't beat the price and such beautiful work too. She's so great to work with.

I print my own labels on fabric sheets, so far just text. You can cut off the part used, and print something else on the rest of the sheet.

I print a label on a quarter of the sheet, then the next time I want to print I'll tape that sheet to a sheet of paper and print on the other side of the quarter-sheet, then do the same with the half-sheet that's left.

I've read that only pigment based ink can be used, the rest will wash out or fade over time, and so far Kodak printer ink is the only pigment based ink. Has anyone had any problems with the ink fading?

I machine embroider mine.

I make my own. I am fortunate enough to have an embroidery machine.

...Ditto...

I custom make mine, either with my embroidery machine, or by using the alphabet function on my Janome 6600.
When I first started quilting, I made several tiny 16 patch blocks and pieced them into a rectangle of white fabric, then used my 6600 to stitch out my name and the year. I left several blank to just add the year to later. My problem is remembering to put them on .
On the latest quilt, for my 9 year old daughter, I used a tutorial I found here on QB to add a dedication and bible verse to the binding before sewing it on. It worked out really well. Just needed to think of it before adding the binding. Also helped that the binding is a solid color.

I make mine on my emb machine then I can personalize them. Like for my DGD, she loves cats, so hers has a cat on it and then the date of gift, what and who it was for and who made it (my name along with what she calls me). I used varigated thread so it was really pretty and looked nice on the back of her quilt.

I have embroidery machine so I make them for myself and some friends. Before I got machine I would print what I wanted it to say with some cute design that matched quilt on some fabric then I would hand embroider over that. Labels can be as easy or complicated as you want :-) Good luck with yours

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I usually make my own with permanent marking pens. I have printed them with my inkjet but they do fade out after lots of washing. My daughter makes hers with her embroidery machine. Hand embroidery works well too. Just depends on what you want and how much time you have to put into it. The quilt shops sell ready printed labels you just cut out, iron onto freezer paper, write on with permanent markers and either iron on or sew on. Lots of choices!

I wish I had an embroidery machine. Might have to look into getting one.

I always write something personal from me to them.....I do it using a sharpie on muslin and border it with the fabric that I used in the quilt. Everyone loves that I write it out myself. My DH asked me if I did it on the computer and I said "no, I did it by hand" ....it looked that good! I was pleased. I also heat set the writing. I put a piece of muslin on the back, sew around it and turn it right side out and hand stitch it on the quilt.

labels
 

Hi, I make my own. I make fabric printer sheets. They are easy to make, the pre-made ones are very expensive.
Just Google it. Then, I personalizes them with a picture which complements the quilt and the name of the quilt.
And, just type in whatever else you want to say on the label. You can get several labels from one 8x11.5 inch
sheet. I usually get 6. You can get all sorts of free graphics on the web. But, I use an ancient program from
Hallmark cards.

Most of the time i use those little labels you can order and they have them in fabric stores also with little pictures on them. Are cute but only have your name on them. Some times i'll just take a piece of muslin and put a fabric boarder on it which matches the quilt fabric. If that method i'll use pigma pen to write with then use a hot iron to set the ink. It seems to work.
I've also made labels from that book that is out where you can make your own special labels.

I make my own quilt label's from a light colored material. But after reading some other messages. I may check out sewnsewer2, also. Sent a message to a member, asking for info, about sewsewer2.

Hand embrouider. The label matches the quilt or the recipient.
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You can purchase labels in a pre-printed panel at fabric stores or your favorite LQS. They usually have at least 10-12 on each panel and have room for additional information to be added to customize to the person you are gifting. I am sure they are also online at fabric websites but I have never looked for them in that manner.

I have bought them in the past , but now that I have an embroidery machine I make mine. Last week my youngest grand daughter, told me she misses the little made by grandma tags. Not sure if that's saying I've gone over board with the tags I make or the little tags are what she remembers most...

I make my own with the EQ printables. I prefer the peel off plastic backing to the Printed Treasures paper backing.

I have also used the preprinted ones, but I actually used those for a memory quilt vs as a true label.

love your tags

I usually put labels on special quilts, and the others I embroider just the date and my name on the binding in the b ack

I make my own with a fabric that I had originally bought to be backing. They are 6 x 9 inches. I need lots of room to write all that I want to convey. I know they are not fancy, but I only need to put the information on them.

Just found the website for small labels.... http://www.abcnametapes.com/us/ ....looked like $29 for qty. 50.....you can have printed whatever you want, even adding a small pic of sewing machine!

That's what I do too.