What is your Label ?
 

I have learned so much from all of you on this board (I am new to quilting ). I am curious as to how each of you choose to label your quilts. Do you purchase them at your LQS, do you hand write them, or machine embroider ? A friend told me to use my embroidery machine but I am new to quilting & embroidery. Any suggestions ?

I started out designing my labels in EQ and then printing them on fabric. Then I got way behind and haven't kept up with the chore. I tried embroidering a label once, but the software that came with my Bernina for designing the label was cumbersome. I just bought EQStitch and plan to try it out on labels. Maybe someday I'll catch up...

I try to use my embroidery unit to make my labels. I haven't found the font and size I like. My labels always seem to big. I'll watch this thread to see if I can pick up any tips. I do like using my embroidery unit, just wish I knew what font and size works best.

I write mine out with a pen made just for that. Then I heat set them. I use fabric I bought just for this, and cut them to 6 x 9 inches. I like a lot of room because I put a lot of information on mine.

I make mine on the embroidery machine, I include...name of quilt, made for whomever, by me, month and year, sometimes I'll include a little more just depends on the quilt.

I use my embroidery machine for labels and usually include a design like for the vets quilts I put on fireworks design with my name and year it was made. Like for grandchild I did made with love by grandma design that was fun to make.

One thing I figured out with my Janome Customizer for the 11000SE is that once you get the letters as small as you want in the Customizer and shooting it over to the sewing machine, I can then reduce the size 10% more before actually sewing it. It has made all the difference in the size of my letters and labels in general.

I do my burb on word - I like playing around with the font, print on fabric iron it, run water on it then I normally embroider a flower or something

I just write with my Pigma Micron pens on a piece of stiff muslin -
"Name of Quilt"
by "our names"
"our town and state"
Year.

And if it was made for someone special, I add that as well.

I pretty much put the same info PTquilts does. If the quilt is a special gift I will hand embroider that info, usually on a plain piece of fabric that I have embellished with applique or I use an orphan block (a test block I made for the quilt) and write the info on it using a micron pigma pen. I have made the label in pretty fonts on Word and traced it so I have something to follow when doing embroidery. My machine has a very basic block letter all in caps alphabet and I have used that as well. I have also used the fabric that is pre printed with labels and just written my info on it with a micron pigma pen which I then heat set. Labels can be as elaborate or as simple as you like but for historic purposes it is best practice to include your name, city, state and year of completion.

I hand write mine and stitch it on. I don't have an embroidery unit on my machine and if I had to hand embroider, I'd end up with even more UFOs than I already have.

Cheers, K

I do my labels on Word or Publisher and give the "vitals" on the quilt plus, if it's a gift, something that will be significant to the person receiving it. The one I liked best, over the years, was made in three parts--three different teacups, each with a picture of me or a friend.

Pigma pen and fabric pens on muslin is what I usually do.

I have my labels done at a monograming store. They print whatever I want. Usually less than $10.00 but I feel it is worth it after I've spent the time and money on a quilt.

I just finished a label for DGS graduation quilt. I designed it on my "card" program . I framed it with one of the frames and wrote.
"Where ever you go, what ever you do, take this quilt along with you. Wrap it around you, and when you do, remember God loves you and we do too". Signed and dated.
The quilt is red and white, so I used a red/white frame around it.
Printed it on my computer. Easy to do .

I handwrite it with pigma pens ususally on a piece of fabric that I used on the top, then sew small borders to that. Sometimes I use the PC and print something on treated fabric. For a wedding quilt last year, I did my usual with a piece from the front and then also scanned the wedding invitation and printed that out and put on borders. So that one had two labels, but I couldn't bring myself to write on their invitation. I wanted it to remain as it was.

When my embroidery machine was working, I used to make labels on them. Then it broke down, so I started using the fabric sheets for photo transfers and I make up my own labels with different fonts, colors and so on on Word. Then I print them out on the fabric sheets. Depending on how much information I put on the label, I can make two or three labels per sheet.

I haven't started labeling my quilts yet....not sure why but I feel a little funny doing it when I'm just making them for family gifts. I'm working on one that I'm planning to enter into the fair and I plan on labeling that one though; I have an embroidery machine I've barely used (too busy quilting!) & just got EQ Stitch so I have NO excuses not to have a nicely embroidered label on there.