Quilt Labels
#22
Power Poster
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 12,861
I always label what ever i make; style depends on the item, before or after quilting? usually after but before binding.
there have been a couple that became part of the quilt before quilting...
i've printed labels on the computer...signed right on the back of the quilt...embroidered a block that told the story...and then for little items...totes, table toppers, ect just one of the little sew in made by me labels do the job. i've even quilted the label before (as in the words themselves being part of the quilting design. i quilted a whole story on the top of a quilt once...use your imagination but LABEL YOU WORK!!!
there have been a couple that became part of the quilt before quilting...
i've printed labels on the computer...signed right on the back of the quilt...embroidered a block that told the story...and then for little items...totes, table toppers, ect just one of the little sew in made by me labels do the job. i've even quilted the label before (as in the words themselves being part of the quilting design. i quilted a whole story on the top of a quilt once...use your imagination but LABEL YOU WORK!!!
#26
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Dothan, Alabama
Posts: 914
I've started labeling all the quilts that go to family. Then because of a suggestion on this board, I have started adding care instructions to the back also. That remembering to do it thing gets to me also!
#27
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 851
I've labeled every quilt so far. I used the Downy label for my Downy quilt, but for the others I started by using Printed Treasures. Now that I've learned machine embroidery, I'm embroidering them. I enjoy making the label as much as I enjoy the quilt.
#29
I have some good tight muslin that I iron to freezer paper. I design what I want in Word Perfect, stick in some clip art, and print it in black through my inkjet printer. I find that color inks are not permanent. I then iron it, rinse it under water, iron it again, and repeat. Then I stitch 2 edges in with the binding, turn the other two edges under and hand stitch down.
#30
I label everything. If the quilt is for a family member, I use a heart template and sew it on the back corner with a quilt or blanket stitch. Then I use a permanent marker and hand write the info, place and date. Sometimes I use one of the fabrics in the quilt if it's lite enough for the writing to show and I love to use varigated thread to sew it on with.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post