peacebypiece

I embroider the "label" right on the quilt in the border, just before I finish the binding. One was named "35 Tulips for Alexis". Pieced by (me) and the year.

CRELLA

i always label mine

joyce888

Yes by all means label your quilts. I had a machine for years that embroidered and didn't try to make labels until about two years ago. I do have to do a lot of adjusting and manipulation but I love the look of an embroidered label.

romanojg

I just made my first label for my DGD quilt. I just created a frame in my embroidery software, pulled in a design of a cat (she loves animals) and put that on one corner and then added text. I put the yr, and what and who the quilt was made for, and my name since I made it and then at the bottom, I put Happy Birthday with lots of love from your Gi-Gi. Which I put Gi-Gi in () after my name to show it was the same person. I printed them out with varigated thread to match quilt and sewed it onto the back of the quilt. She'll always remember who made her that quilt and so will her kids. I've only given away two other quilts, one was a rag quilt and I actually embroidered right on the quilt fabric, my DGS name, his school (it was for his nap time) and the school yr. He loved it and there was no doubt in school who it belonged to. The other quilt I forgot to do the label but will make one and give it to the owner (best friend) and she'll sew it on. I think lables are really important and if I has special washing instructions then I'd include that at the bottom of the quilt.

ckcowl

i've used many different techniques for labels-
the information i generally include on labels are:
name of quilt, name of pattern/designer if i used a commercial pattern,
whom or occassion i made it (if it's a gift or special occassion quilt)
date (month & year) my name, city & state
materials & care instructions...such as (100% cotton; or 100% cotton top &backing, Polyester batting; or what ever) sometimes i write alot- if it's a special occassion or special gift i want to include more about-
if it's a sale quilt and i do not know where it's going i might only include name, design info-if it's someone else's design; date, my name, city, state, materials & care.
as for how the labels are made-
there are pre-made labels that can be purchased by the yard- which you simply fill in the blanks on with a pigma permenent pen (thimbleberries are the ones i have)
there are books (joannes has a couple different ones) that have a variety of labels, designs, sizes, occassions- that are (transfers) you iron them onto the fabric- then again-fill in the blanks
i've printed many of my own designed ones onto fabric with the help of my computer & printer,
i've written right on a few quilts
i've made some embroidered labels.
every quilt gets a label- how it's made & what size/design it is depends on the quilt
sometimes i make a special block for the back of the quilt- which is the label-
i've even made the label as part of the front of a quilt or two, making it part of the design.

there are plenty of ways to go about it-

justflyingin

Here are three I just made today. This was one of my motivations for wanting an embroidery machine as I think that a permanent ink pen gets lighter and lighter with each washing and I know the t shirt transfers peel off.

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I bought the basic design from emblibrary.com for $1 for each design (wait for a sale) and I added the words via embird.

I must say that I'm super pleased with the size of these labels. I had thought that big would be too big, but I love them! These are my first ones that I have personalized but I plan on doing it from now on.

Boston1954

I hand write mine with a black marker made just for fabric, and then I heat set it. My labels are 6 x 9 inches before sewing because I like to put as much information as I can. They are not fancy by any means but they tell the person I give it to when it was made etc.

Mzjwest

I've enjoyed reading about the quilt labels...Any suggestions to purchase fonts or labels for embroidery machine? I own a Pfaff.... Thanks for any input!