MaryLane

I embroider them and now I hand sew them on. I used to just put it on the back of the quilt and quilt over it but I really don't like how that looks. So, I add them by hand afterward. I consider hand a 4 letter word. So, I have found that my labels are much smaller now that I do them by hand.

franc36

I use the computer to type in the information (e.g., pattern, my name, quilter, if I sent it out for quilting, recipient, and date. I include my city and state. If all of the fabric is from a particular line, I include that information. I add clip art to finish the label. Yesterday, I finished a quilt for a friend. The quilt had lots of pink roses so I put pink roses on the label. In May, I made a quilt for my granddaughter's birthday. Her label had a birthday cake and balloons. In April, I pieced a quilt top on my featherweight. I put a picture of an antique sewing machine and sewing notions on that label. I love my labels with the clip art. I print them on fabric for the printer then hand stitch them to the quilt.

burchquilts

I was just thinking about this this afternoon. I used to do that but even using a special marker, they washed out over time. My DD has a quilt that I made her eons ago that now has a blank label on the back of it. It used to have info on it, but now? Just the design that was screen printed on it. Oops. Now I have mine made by someone who embroiders them.

burchquilts

If you do want to do them yourself, here is a good site for them ---> http://www.victorianaquiltdesigns.co...uiltlabels.htm

anita211

I write directly on the backing with a pigma pen. I heard a woman on a bus telling somebody that she had been given a quilt and that she took off the quilt label. She saved the name of the quilt... and then put her own name on it! How crappy is that? I used to cross stitch them, or occasionally write the information neatly on a scrap and then put it on the back. Most of my quilts go to family members, so I am not worried about having anybody take the labels off, but...

gollytwo

She makes mine now too.
Wonderful labels, inexpensive and she's a joy to deal with.

gollytwo

How do I see the labels that Sewnsewer2 makes?
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She'll e-mail you examples if you ask

helou

I am in the process of finishing my first ever "real" quilt and I would like to cross stich the label... where can I see some labels that were done that way...??? I have been browsing the web, the board, the cross stich sites etc... but I am lost... loll

Betty Boop

I use my digitizing program for my embroidery machine and design my own, then embroider them on material. Have done a few for members on this board.

mjsylvstr

I bought two sets of PPing patterns for labels from Connecting Threads. Each set has 6 different patterns. I take them to Staples and have them enlarged for my bigger quilts or reduced if I have something that requires a very small label.
You have got to enjoy PPing but they really turn out nicely and are quite unlike any of the other labels I have used.