Maiden name on quilt?
06-27-2011, 04:30 AM
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Originally Posted by sewobsessed1
I think the (huge extended) family of in-laws might take issue if I didn't use my married name
06-27-2011, 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Veronica
When making a quilt label, do you put you maiden name as well as you married name?
Example: Veronica Smith Jones or Veronica Jones.
Example: Veronica Smith Jones or Veronica Jones.
06-27-2011, 05:06 AM
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Originally Posted by noveltyjunkie
I did not take my husband's name when we married, so yes I would use my "maiden name".
Lots of my friends did not change their names either. Is it unusual in the US?
Lots of my friends did not change their names either. Is it unusual in the US?
06-27-2011, 05:20 AM
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I haven't, but I've only made one quilt that I actually put a label on. I should put a label on the other two quilts I made in past years though.
I'm not sure what name to put, I probably should put all my names on it - maiden, ex (my children's last name), and current, but that would be rather cumbersome. However, from a genealogy point of view, it would make sense. (And my mother was a genealogist, so she would appreciate it. In fact, in her later years, she went by her maiden name followed by our last name - "First name, MI, Maiden name-married name. That's what's on her tombstone at her request.)
Someone mentioned that in other cultures, women do not change their names. I worked with Burundi refugees, and this is their practice. To many of them, their name is part of their identity, and changing it to their husband's name is unthinkable. The children in these cultures take the father's name.
I'm not sure what name to put, I probably should put all my names on it - maiden, ex (my children's last name), and current, but that would be rather cumbersome. However, from a genealogy point of view, it would make sense. (And my mother was a genealogist, so she would appreciate it. In fact, in her later years, she went by her maiden name followed by our last name - "First name, MI, Maiden name-married name. That's what's on her tombstone at her request.)
Someone mentioned that in other cultures, women do not change their names. I worked with Burundi refugees, and this is their practice. To many of them, their name is part of their identity, and changing it to their husband's name is unthinkable. The children in these cultures take the father's name.
06-27-2011, 06:29 AM
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years ago I made a huge wall hanging for a wedding present. She was a dear friend and, quite frankly, I didn't think the marriage would last. It didn't and she now has a beautiful southwestwen WH with her own name on it. So it depends what you want -- I don't think there are any rules.
Towels are monogrammed both ways.
Mim
Towels are monogrammed both ways.
Mim
Originally Posted by Veronica
When making a quilt label, do you put you maiden name as well as you married name?
Example: Veronica Smith Jones or Veronica Jones.
Example: Veronica Smith Jones or Veronica Jones.
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