Quilt label advice...
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Hi all. I just finished this quilt for a friend's baby and I want to put a label on it so I can recognize the individual who did the quilting. I wondered if any of you have advice for a good way to do labels that would be permenant through washings. I am hesitant to use permenant marker, cuz in my experience, it eventually washes out.
Any help you guys could give would be wonderful
Any help you guys could give would be wonderful
From the quilt book: Quilting for Baby. Jeanne Stauffer and Sandra L. Hatch
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#4
What a darling quilt!
I usually hand embroider a label.
(I usually iron on freezer paper on the piece of fabric I want to use for the label. It needs to be 8" x 10". I type my label using whatever font I want (in the color of the embroidery thread I'll be using). Then I feed the paper (freezer paper with fabric---fabric side up) through my printer. I have had good success using this method although have to admit have jammed printer a couple of times.
I usually hand embroider a label.
(I usually iron on freezer paper on the piece of fabric I want to use for the label. It needs to be 8" x 10". I type my label using whatever font I want (in the color of the embroidery thread I'll be using). Then I feed the paper (freezer paper with fabric---fabric side up) through my printer. I have had good success using this method although have to admit have jammed printer a couple of times.
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Cute quilt!!! I use an iron on label frame, then I use permanent fine point Sharpies to write in the information. If I could I would get a rubber stamp with permanent fabric ink, or have some labels embroidered.
#6
I make embroidered labels. Usually I use a leftover block backed with some of that tear-away stuff.
It was suggested to me some time ago, if at all possible to put the label on before quilting, it makes it more permanent.
I like to put the name of the quilt, who made it (me), significant name and date of the person receiving it, and the quilter, if need be. I just finished a baby quilt and had to gift it before the baby was born. I gave the blank label to the mother-to-be with an explanation that it will be filled after the baby is born.
BTW, adorable quilt!
It was suggested to me some time ago, if at all possible to put the label on before quilting, it makes it more permanent.
I like to put the name of the quilt, who made it (me), significant name and date of the person receiving it, and the quilter, if need be. I just finished a baby quilt and had to gift it before the baby was born. I gave the blank label to the mother-to-be with an explanation that it will be filled after the baby is born.
BTW, adorable quilt!
#8
If you want to use a pen, don't use sharpie, youa re right that they eventually come out. Use a pigma pen by micron, I have a quilt that is 10 years old and been through many multiple washings and the pen still looks like I wrote it on there yesterday.
Very cute blanket!! Was that a pattern? I'd love to try that one.
Cheers!
Rachel
Very cute blanket!! Was that a pattern? I'd love to try that one.
Cheers!
Rachel
#9
I love your quilt! I usually print my labels on the inkjet fabric sheets. I haven't been doing this for long, so I'm not sure how long it lasts. I have messy handwriting and do not have an embroidery machine, so I choose this method.
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