Tell me about quilt labels ...
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I'm making pretty good progress on the blocks for this ... http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-158970-1.htm
My first project ... and realise that it needs a quilt label, of course it does, and it needs to be dedicated to my Gran - without sounding too sentimental and bearing in mind that we hope she won't have it for TOO long (She's wanting/waiting to die) and then it will be coming back to me, and it should have my name and the date on it, but other than that sort of vague idea I don't know how I should go about this ....
I am hand stitching and will be handquilting and do not have a sewing machine, let alone one with a writing programme, and yet I think I would rather it have a stitched label than a fabric pen one ... Are they available online anywhere?
Thanks for any thoughts,
Helen
My first project ... and realise that it needs a quilt label, of course it does, and it needs to be dedicated to my Gran - without sounding too sentimental and bearing in mind that we hope she won't have it for TOO long (She's wanting/waiting to die) and then it will be coming back to me, and it should have my name and the date on it, but other than that sort of vague idea I don't know how I should go about this ....
I am hand stitching and will be handquilting and do not have a sewing machine, let alone one with a writing programme, and yet I think I would rather it have a stitched label than a fabric pen one ... Are they available online anywhere?
Thanks for any thoughts,
Helen
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there are labels available - pre printed- in some quilt shops- there are books of iron on labels available at places like Joannes- do a quilt labels search - you will find many to choose from- or you can design a label on the computer- print a picture (my avatar is the label for a couple quilts i've made)- then print your designed label over the picture- you can embroider over it if you want to- choosing what ever font you like-
you can make them as personal as you want- i've actually written whole stories on labels before-
heat set after it has had time to cure- (if you do it this way make sure to pre-wash the fabric ---with detergent- no fabric softener--or you can purchase printer fabric sheets.- iron on printer decals are also available (the stuff like on a decaled t-shirt. again you design it- print it on the product- then iron it on.
you can make them as personal as you want- i've actually written whole stories on labels before-
heat set after it has had time to cure- (if you do it this way make sure to pre-wash the fabric ---with detergent- no fabric softener--or you can purchase printer fabric sheets.- iron on printer decals are also available (the stuff like on a decaled t-shirt. again you design it- print it on the product- then iron it on.
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Originally Posted by ScoutingSquirrel
bearing in mind that we hope she won't have it for TOO long (She's wanting/waiting to die) and then it will be coming back to me,
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
Originally Posted by ScoutingSquirrel
bearing in mind that we hope she won't have it for TOO long (She's wanting/waiting to die) and then it will be coming back to me,
That may work in some families!
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
Originally Posted by ScoutingSquirrel
bearing in mind that we hope she won't have it for TOO long (She's wanting/waiting to die) and then it will be coming back to me,
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by MadQuilter
Originally Posted by ScoutingSquirrel
bearing in mind that we hope she won't have it for TOO long (She's wanting/waiting to die) and then it will be coming back to me,
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