Machine Embroidered Labels ?
 

I don't post much, but I've read almost everything all of you write. I am new to quilting and have learned so much from this Board, you guys, collectively, have sooo much knowledge! My question is...do you label your quilts & what is your preferred method ? A friend said I should use my embroidery machine to do labels but I am also new at that ! I would really appreciate some input on this. Thank you for the help (in advance).

Yes, you should make labels for your quilts. You always think you will remember when they were made but that doesn't happen. All artists sign their works and so should you. I use the lettering built into my machine - one of these days I will master setting the labels up in the embroidery program and sending them to the machine. Some people use permanent markers to write out their labels. Whatever way you chose just be sure you do it. It will be appreciated down the road!

I always mean to make a label, but I've only actually done it once. I did it with my embroidery machine, programming it on my computer first. It worked great, but since most of my finished quilts are gifts and there is usually a deadline, I often don't get around to making the labels.

The only quilts I have NOT labeled are the ones I've kept for me, and I keep meaning to label those before I forget when and why I made them. It may seem like no big deal now, but someday someone is going to want to know who made this quilt, who it was made for, what the occasion was, etc. It really doesn't take long and it doesn't have to be fancy. I use permanent markers to draw my labels on muslin w/ freezer paper ironed on the back. I just got an embroidery machine and have even downloaded a couple of frames for quilt labels, but I haven't tried them out yet. On my labels, I try to include not just who it was for, when and why, but also maybe the name of the pattern, who or what inspired my design, etc. The more info you include, the more interesting it will be to posterity.

I would use your embroidery machine for labels. I have not tried that yet on my machine, but hope to soon. emblibrary has a lot of label frames for quilting

I think machine embroidered labels would be lovely. I print mine and in addition to the necessary information, I add clip art that goes with the name of the quilt. Tonight, I am sewing buttons on my Merry, Merry Snowmen quilt. The label has pictures of snowmen on either side of the information. I enjoy planning my label as much as planning and making the quilt.

Yes you should use your embroidery machine for your labels. I do all the time and use design on them also

For me, it truly doesn't matter HOW you label your quilts, it's that you DO.

I have several quilts my Mother made... she didn't label them. So I'm creating labels for them. Like Nammie said, all artists sign their work. We're creating and keeping history when we do this simple thing.

**One of my quilting friends encouraged me to put my name, date/year, who it's gifted to and my town on each label. I can see this is a good thing.

I make my labels on the computer and then print them out on treated fabric. My goal is to learn how to do them on my embroidery machine too. A number of years ago a professional quilter challenged me to name each quilt also. Sometimes that is hard! I take pictures of my quilts and they go in an album along with a copy of the label. The label should include who made it, who received it, date, and where it was made. Hope this helps.