I put them on back right-hand corner. I write the label with a Pigma Permanent Pen and sew a border around the label with a fabric from the quilt. I've tried printing them on the special designed paper but found they totally wash away. Found that out the hard way when I made g'daughter a t-shirt quilt and printed pictures from high school and added them to sashing. When I washed the quilt, ALL the pictures almost completely faded away. Would like to know others experience with the printable fabric. I tried soaking some in Bubble Jet and they faded until they looked more like negatives than pictures. I worry that all my earlier quilts with printed labels will disappear (the label, that is) once they are washed.

I, too, use jet ink printed labels. I have found that if you iron them after printing, it sets the ink.

I once made a terrible mistake on a quilt for a granddaughter. I made the label and bonded it over the mistake then Zig-Zagged around it, turned the quilt over and put the same information on the back. Worked fine for a cover up, a bit unusual. On the back, I embroidered (machine) aroundthe whole thing. The design showed through on the front. Made it a little special for my little Jenny.

I once made a terrible mistake on a quilt for a granddaughter. I made the label and bonded it over the mistake then Zig-Zagged around it, turned the quilt over and put the same information on the back. Worked fine for a cover up, a bit unusual. On the back, I embroidered (machine) aroundthe whole thing. The design showed through on the front. Made it a little special for my little Jenny.

Me too. Lefties of the world unite!!!

I include all the standard information that has been suggested and attach it to the right lower corner. I feel my creation is art just like any artist and sign it in permanent ink.I allow it to dry completely before attaching so there is no bleeding, when wet. If I am donating the quilt I add the date, my name and a message to the recipient that I trust the love I put into this quilt will bring them comfort,warmth and love.

Cherish your artistry and it's heritage...
Andie :D :D :D

Have used embroidery machine for labels, marker pens, and I really enjoy going into my program "Print Master Gold 18" and design a label using art work that is available on this program. This way I am able to print on all the info for my label, in any script I chose, review it, and if I like save it. I then print it to fabric backed with freezer paper (8x11 1/2) and it is ready to trim and attach to my quilt. I like to attach the label before I quilt. This is one of my favorite things about finishing my quilt.

I usually use Printed Treasures for ink jet printers for my labels. Sometimes I bring in clip art and put it on the label as well. I went to HI a couple of years ago and took a quilt class. I scanned a small map of the islands into my pc and inserted that on the top of my label, then wrote a note about how excited I was to be able to take a HI quilt class there. Sometimes, I do art work using Pigma pens on white fabric and write a label by hand and sometimes I just write on the fabric itself. I always do back lower right hand corner for some reason. I've never had trouble with it washing out. I always press with a hot iron after I'm done and ink is dry.

I've never labelled my quilts, so I can't speak for how you'd go about it, really...but if I did, I would put it in the bottom right of the back too. My reason is this: I am an avid reader...you read a book left to right, top to bottom, front side, then back side of the page. The label, to me, is like an "about the author" type thing that you would find at the end of a book. The bottom right back corner, in my logic, is the end. Also, I wouldn't want to take away from the front of the quilt. Depending on what you use for your label, and what colours are in your quilt top, it could be a glaring, unintended focal point.

Yikes, that is discouraging! I'm about to make a memory quilt using some photos and bought a kit with Bubble Jet Set to pretreat the fabric. You had pretreated and it still didn't set the inks so they didn't wash out?

Ohhhhh, what to do?