What to use for labeling individual pieces of fabric?
#41
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 193
I usually cut cut up a 1/4 yard of inexpensive muslin into 2" squares using my rotary pinking blade. That way when I get new fabric I can mark the yardage on the square and pin it to the fabric. I usually also mark whether it has been washed or not.
When I have used a fabric for a project I alway put the loose left over pieces in a plastic bag. If there is still a fair amount of yardage left I pin the bag to the inside of the folded fabric. That way it all stays togther.
When I have used a fabric for a project I alway put the loose left over pieces in a plastic bag. If there is still a fair amount of yardage left I pin the bag to the inside of the folded fabric. That way it all stays togther.
#44
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Iowa
Posts: 115
Reciepe Cards. this takes some time to pre-pair, but well worth it. Cut your Reciepe card into 3 sections. then punch 2 holes, about 1/2" apart at the top of each section. You now have a space to write size, and other info on each piece. Now push a pin thru hole 1 to fabric and to hole 2. This works great . If you stick the pin end Back into the fabric, no pricks. And No lost paper pieces. I do a lot of these at a time.
#45
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Reno, Nevada
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I use the little round (or square, rectangle, etc.) pricing labels all the time for identifying the pieces for blocks, placement in rows, top, bottoms, etc.
Often it takes me weeks to get the project done and the labels have never come off nor left a residue, but still remove easily and can be reused on subsequent rows and the like.
I recently completed a postage stamp tablecloth with over 1,600 pieces and could not have kept things straight were it not for those labels. Each label got used 17 times, but were starting to lose some of their stickiness by the last row.
I think you're safe with them.
Often it takes me weeks to get the project done and the labels have never come off nor left a residue, but still remove easily and can be reused on subsequent rows and the like.
I recently completed a postage stamp tablecloth with over 1,600 pieces and could not have kept things straight were it not for those labels. Each label got used 17 times, but were starting to lose some of their stickiness by the last row.
I think you're safe with them.
#47
Originally Posted by donnajean
I...use a 1" x 1" post it & staple it to selvage
Funny that this topic came up today, I am doing a major re-organizing of a great deal of my stash tomorrow & had been thinking on this all day. I want to note what I paid for it, so I have some idea of my cost on a project.
Can't wait to read all of the posts.
#48
Originally Posted by jrhboxers
You can find stainless steel staples that resist rusting. Edited - on my fabric tags, when I mark the length I also add WOF or the exact width if not full.
Love the suggestion on noting quantity & details...maybe getting those colored post-its, so you could color code rough yardage. I tend to buy 1-8 yards of neutral colored solids (Kona cottons) & Marbles (Moda or Blank Textiles=Splash 10).
#49
Originally Posted by jdiane318
If it is a large piece, I use the quilt-tacking gun and attach the paper that way.
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