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Old 03-23-2011, 04:13 PM
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I contact sewnsew2 and she makes beautiful embroidered labels for me. She sent me 6 last week and they are all awesome :thumbup:
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Old 03-23-2011, 04:19 PM
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I made a Word document or Powerpoint slide and print it out on Printed Treasures. I make sure the label has all the data, name of my quilt, may name (including my maiden name), date, who it was for, etc, and a place for me to sign it in Pigma pen.

I want my signature on all my quilts. Today I only sign birthday cards, Christmas cards, and checks. And lots of people don't even sign those things! In 100 years there will be no handwriting. Some schools aren't even teaching cursive now. I just think that maybe someone inheriting my quilts will get a kick out of seeing human handwriting from 2011.
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Old 03-23-2011, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by sewobsessed1
This is how I do mine...
Just the top, bottom and sides of the middle part gets sewn on to the quilt so it always opens like a little envelope.
an unusual but very nice way. keeps the info private. and you could even put a special item inside. I like it.
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Old 03-23-2011, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by quilter1943
I usually do this and sometimes put a picture with it, just depends on who it's for and how tired I am . . . .
Originally Posted by rusty quilter
I design mine in word, then print it out on muslin backed with freezer paper with my laser printer
That is what I do, but lately I have been taking that label and machine sewing borders on it (about an inch width all around finished) using fabric from the front. Then I slip stitch it on. It is easier to sew the regular fabric than the printed fabric by hand and it gives it a nice frame.

Label down in the corner
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Old 03-23-2011, 05:21 PM
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I use my embroidery machine and put on a design and the information with that then I sew it to the back.
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Old 03-23-2011, 05:27 PM
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There are 2 or 3 people on the board that offer to embroider them for sale, too. I have ordered some from online (with cats or other things on them) that I will hand write with a permanent Pigma Micron pen. (for fabric and other things, acid free)
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Old 03-23-2011, 05:31 PM
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I'll have to try this and see if I can get the positioning right.
Originally Posted by hobbykat1955
I embroider mine right on the backing before I put it together
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Thank you for asking this question.
I got a lot of information from the answers.
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Old 03-23-2011, 06:18 PM
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I tend to scan in a part of the material into the label and then paste it into a Word document. When i like it I print it out.

I am going to try some rotary perse with a flowered fabric I have in one of my quilts.

You can also do a Search on the QB and find a lot of ways to do labels.

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Old 03-24-2011, 01:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Normabeth
How do you make a quilt label? Are they made as an embroidery applique?
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I either use an iron-on transfer, colour it, heat set it and sew it on the lower right corner, or I scan a photo to my computer and print it on fabric printer sheets and sew it to the lower right corner. I also have just written on plain muslin, but, regardless of the method, I name the quilt, date it, who it was made for and my name.
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