Writing on labels- what am I doing wrong?
#11
I have not found a pen/marker/ that is permanent if the label is washed a lot. I've tried them all. Now I hand embroider my labels or have one of the machine embroiderers from my guild make me one if the quilt won't be used as a utility quilt.
#12
I put a couple of sheets of ordinary writing paper behind then tape it down with masking tape and use pigma pens to write with, seems to work ok and saves me getting the iron out and the freezer paper!!!!!!!!!!!!
#14
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If you iron the shiny side of freezer paper to the back of your fabric, it helps to keep it stable for printing on. After you have the writing done, you peel off the freezer paper from the back. What kind of label are you doing? There is a nice tutorial on QB on using your embroidery alphabet to sew out your name on the quilt binding.
#15
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I was told that gel pens are permanent, although I have not tried them. You can trace lines onto the paper side of your freezer paper and then iron your fabric to the plastic side and you can see the lines enough to make straight lines of writing on your label.
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I am now practicing hand embroidery.
BellaBoo what stitches do you use for the letters? Backstitch? Stem-stitch? I am practicing stem-stitch. Curves look funny!
#20
Get a very fine sandpaper and put your pressed and starched fabric on that before you write with a very sharp, water proof marker. You may have to practice some- you CAN'T pause and decide what else you're going to write, because even a slight pause will make the marker bleed. Keep going SMOOTHLY . If you write it out first, you can get the spacing right and the way the words flow, so you'll have more success with the real label.
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