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plmokn 07-29-2013 04:15 PM

Quilt Label
 
How do you sew on your quilt label? Do you machine stitch it on or hand stitch it on ? Do you sew it on the back before or after you FMQ?

Thank you, Marilee

thimblebug6000 07-29-2013 04:34 PM

I add my label by hand after the quilt is quilted & bound. Just my personal preference. My quilts are all for loved ones and not for show.

auntpiggylpn 07-29-2013 04:40 PM

I put my label on after quilting but before I bind. That way 2 of the edges are secured by the binding and then I hand stitch the other 2 sides.

nanna-up-north 07-29-2013 05:32 PM


Originally Posted by thimblebug6000 (Post 6203985)
I add my label by hand after the quilt is quilted & bound. Just my personal preference. My quilts are all for loved ones and not for show.

Yep, me, too.

QuiltnNan 07-29-2013 05:35 PM


Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn (Post 6203992)
I put my label on after quilting but before I bind. That way 2 of the edges are secured by the binding and then I hand stitch the other 2 sides.

this is the way i do it also

Misty's Mom 07-29-2013 05:35 PM

I embroider mine on the backing before sandwiching and quilting

DogHouseMom 07-29-2013 05:35 PM


Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn (Post 6203992)
I put my label on after quilting but before I bind. That way 2 of the edges are secured by the binding and then I hand stitch the other 2 sides.

ditto that ... when I remember :) Otherwise the whole label is hand stitched to the back

alikigirl 07-29-2013 05:54 PM

I like making mine part of the backing. I got the idea from here
http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/2011/05...uilt-back.html

ktbb 07-29-2013 05:56 PM

for wall quilts/hangings I fuse the label on after binding and everything is done. For larger ones, I agree with those who stitch it into the binding. I've started using a triangle instead of a square - cut a large square, fold it in half diagonally to form a triangle, and stitch it into the binding with raw edges matching. That leaves only one side - the folded side - to stitch by hand.

Skittl1321 07-30-2013 04:53 AM

I put it on after I FMQ.

If it is a bed quilt, I machine sew it with a thread that I hope will 'hide' on the front.
For show quilts, I machine sew it into the border, and then hand sew it to the inside of the quilt (my hand sewing sucks, so I try to minimize that part...)


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