Quilt Labels
 

How do you all make quilt labels for your quilts? I use a Mac computer. I have a really old HP quilt label program but it is not supported by Apple. I haven't been able to find a newer one that works with apple. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks Pati

I have a bunch of fabric labels that I write on w/ a black sharpie marker. Sometimes I have made a label out of coordinating fabric....I don't use a computer - I don't like a papery label on a fabric project..

I have Sewnsewer2 here on QB make mine!!! Embroidered and fair price!

i cross stitch them.

quilts usually find their names as i go along, so i use that, my name, completion date and sometimes something else; a picture or something cute.

isolde

I use my HV,SE...and embroider them and make them like "patches" and then hand stitch them on.

I have handwritten them in Sharpie on a piece of coordinating fabric, or a small quilt square. I have also printed them on fabric and then hand sewn them to the quilt. I have to admit, though, that I'm not very good about putting a label on every quilt.... I know, I know!!

I usually design the label in EQ7 and then print it onto fabric. With EQ it's easy to print blocks on the label (as a border usually) that match the blocks on the quilt. I can also download photos into the label, so it's very personalized.

Becca - using the printer to print on fabric doesn't give you a papery label at all.

I have used this printed off and then added my information with a permenate marker. Quilt Labels.com

DITTO--she's the best and her labels are beautiful.

I bought a little book a long time ago that has different quilt labels that you color and fill in the information. I also have some that came from a yard of fabric that was full of labels. However, I have also done them through the computer, and then gone over the print with a pigma pen. I've also gotten clip art that I like and make a frame, add the text to the center, and usually print it out on paper. Then I use my light box to put it on fabric. I have used a variety of pigma pens, gel pens-gelli roll, and ones that are not metallic. I usually paint them with pigment ink, iron and then attach to the back of the quilt.

If it is an applique quilt I make a small flower, or animal and then put the writing on the fabric with it. Another possibility is to make one of the blocks, outline, miniaturize it then paint with pigma ink pens.

I totally agree. Labels are fantastic and great communication.

I spent the weekend with my son and daughter-in-law and granddaughter and we talked about the quilts I gave them and the quilts her mother gave them. They didn't know who gave them which ones. Neither of us labeled them. I need to make up some labels with fusible backing and go visit them and iron them onto the back of my quilts and then hand sew them in place. I never even thought about labels. Now I understand the importance of them.

I've read some tutorials on the spoonflower labels. I think that's a neat option.

I just write with Pigma Micron Pens on plain muslin, then blind stitch to the back of the quilt. Sometimes I write right on the quilt back if it is light colored.

Labels are important. When I first started quilting I did a queen size and sent it to a quilter to do the quilting. When my son & his wife divorced, they didn't remember my making it and giving it to them - it had no label - (shows how important it was to them, I guess.) I'm sure it got stuck in a cupboard and forgotten after I gave it to them. Anyway, in the course of splitting up, I have a feeling it went to the thrift shop as it's not been seen at my son's and when I asked about it, a glazed look came over him and that told me he didn't know I had made it cause I've made others for him and he lovingly displays them and comments on them.

Thank you for all the great ideas. How do I see the labels that Sewnsewer2 makes? Does she have an online shop, like Etsy or Ebay?

thanks again for all your wonderful ideas.

Pati

Now that I have a Bernina 440 with embroidery, I embroider my labels, including a small motif to coordinate with the quilt theme. Before that, I printed them on my computer on fabric sheets that have paper backing. I don't have any specific label program - I just used Word and incorporated pictures, ect. along with my information. I label all my quilts except small things like table runners.

Ditto and the labels she made for me were just beautiful and reasonably priced!

It varies. My favorite way is to make a small block that matches something in the top. My Bernina embroiders basic block alphabet letters so sometimes I use that, other times I hand embroider or write using a permanent pen like micron pigma or sharpie.

I also have some fabric labels, they were sold like panels only they were labels and would do the same.

I then applique it on the back.

I have used sewnsewer2 as well. Very fair price. Nice work.

I embroider them and now I hand sew them on. I used to just put it on the back of the quilt and quilt over it but I really don't like how that looks. So, I add them by hand afterward. I consider hand a 4 letter word. So, I have found that my labels are much smaller now that I do them by hand.

I use the computer to type in the information (e.g., pattern, my name, quilter, if I sent it out for quilting, recipient, and date. I include my city and state. If all of the fabric is from a particular line, I include that information. I add clip art to finish the label. Yesterday, I finished a quilt for a friend. The quilt had lots of pink roses so I put pink roses on the label. In May, I made a quilt for my granddaughter's birthday. Her label had a birthday cake and balloons. In April, I pieced a quilt top on my featherweight. I put a picture of an antique sewing machine and sewing notions on that label. I love my labels with the clip art. I print them on fabric for the printer then hand stitch them to the quilt.

I was just thinking about this this afternoon. I used to do that but even using a special marker, they washed out over time. My DD has a quilt that I made her eons ago that now has a blank label on the back of it. It used to have info on it, but now? Just the design that was screen printed on it. Oops. Now I have mine made by someone who embroiders them.

If you do want to do them yourself, here is a good site for them ---> http://www.victorianaquiltdesigns.co...uiltlabels.htm

She makes mine now too.
Wonderful labels, inexpensive and she's a joy to deal with.

How do I see the labels that Sewnsewer2 makes?
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She'll e-mail you examples if you ask

I am in the process of finishing my first ever "real" quilt and I would like to cross stich the label... where can I see some labels that were done that way...??? I have been browsing the web, the board, the cross stich sites etc... but I am lost... loll

I use my digitizing program for my embroidery machine and design my own, then embroider them on material. Have done a few for members on this board.

I bought two sets of PPing patterns for labels from Connecting Threads. Each set has 6 different patterns. I take them to Staples and have them enlarged for my bigger quilts or reduced if I have something that requires a very small label.
You have got to enjoy PPing but they really turn out nicely and are quite unlike any of the other labels I have used.

What is Pping?

I use Microsoft Publisher. I typically make them 2"x4". Print them on Printed Treasures fabric. I have tried other types of printer fabric, but they faded badly when washed. Printed Treasures seems to be the best. I bought a book of labels, scanned them, colored them in PhotoSuite. I add name of the quilt pattern, for whom (if there is a specific recipient), my name, where I live (city and state), date (month and year) and a graphic that compliments the quilt top. Two sides are stitched into the border and the other two are hand stitched (that way I only need to sew down 2 sides - I hate hand stitching). I've attached a couple of labels that I have done. These two labels were made for quilts that my niece made. The rubber ducky was scanned from the fabric, tweaked and saved as a jpg. The larger one was scanned from the label book and colored in PhotoSuite.
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Dolly in MI

Stupid question, but what is HV, SE?

There are books with different labels you can iron on and embroider over. That's what I do. I'm afraid over time the pens and printer ink will fade. I actually like hand work!

I'd love to know what you do with your fabric to prepare it for printing on.

I create my label design in Photoshop, print it on paper, trace it onto a piece of fabric, hand embroider over the printing, then blanket stitch it onto the quilt.

AHA!! This is exactly the reason I like to put my labels on and then quilt over them! No one can clip the threads and remove w/o messing up the quilting.

Leisure Arts has a book of labels that you iron on, use muslin or a nice piece of neutral scrap material. Then I use a Sharpie to personalize it, use bias tape to create a frame and sew it on my quilt. So far this has served me well. Also have printed labels on muslin or poplin and that gives a beautiful label also.

http://www.junetailor.com/Creativity...uiltLabels.htm I've used these - enter the info then print.

I use my Hallmark program sometimes and I use a photo editing program I have that makes labels...then I print them on the photo fabric. I use an Epson printer that seems to be ok for it. I hear that the ink makes the difference. I usually make 2" x 4" labels, but you can make any size you want.

Create your label in your word processor. Then get some fabric meant to be used with inkjet printers and print your label on this. You can also create your own fabric by using BubbleJetSet or similar product, then ironing the fabric onto freezer paper before putting it in your printer. I haven't tried this myself, but it works for others.