Quilt Labels
04-22-2010, 06:58 AM
#52
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Originally Posted by stitchinwitch
Do you add a label on every quilt you make?
Do you attach it BEFORE quilting or After?
What form of label do you use? - on the roll, customized, embroidery the name or write it?
Do you attach it BEFORE quilting or After?
What form of label do you use? - on the roll, customized, embroidery the name or write it?
For years, I didn't have a sewing machine with text as mine kept working but the machine was good so I used a marking pen to write/print the info on and then hand embroidered right on the quilt. For the grandchildren who will take their quilts to college, I put the info on the front of the quilt either in a block in the center or the righ hand corner. That way people will think twice before stealing as the ownership info is in plain sight and not easily removed. A hand sewn tag could be removed from the back and another added to cover the stitching area. I also photo the quilt in progress and completed and with the owner so that if the need to prove ownership, I have it. Luckily none of the quilts have been stolen - other things sure have but not the quilts.
04-22-2010, 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by roseOfsharon
I think the label idea or use of is a nice feature, but I have yet to sew one onto anything I have made. What I have done on the things I have given to family so far, is name it and make a separate label and include it in the package. One reason so far is that I have made table runners that can be used on either side, with a label on it would distract from the piece ( just my thoughts ) It just seems small things and big labels would take away from it. Now I do like the labels that you can incorportate into a quilt that blend in.. like if a rose, cut a rose from the fabric and make a label from it and sew it onto the quilt back or embroider on the backing before sewn together.
04-19-2011, 04:00 PM
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[quote=stitchinwitch]
I am sending a photo of the last 2 labels I made. I made them in a microsoft publisher program. But you could make them in word as well and just insert the clip art. The second one on the page is an actual graphic of the block I used in her quilt that I pulled from my design in EQ6.
Thank you sharing your labels. They have given me some ideas for my own.
:-)
Originally Posted by shaverg
Originally Posted by stitchinwitch
Could we see some of your quilt labels? I always forget to add them! 'guess I need to google "free quilt labels" in google!
:-)
04-19-2011, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by pieces
I add labels on the quilts I make for family members. (Birthdays/Xmas,etc) But I don't put them on the quilts I donate.
I machine embroider my quilt labels. Enclosed are a few of them.
I machine embroider my quilt labels. Enclosed are a few of them.
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