A great quilting tip!

Aug 09, 2009 5 Replies
K

In talking with someone at the show -- someone suggested something I'd never heard before.. but it makes such PERFECT sense.



When you sew your label to the back of the quilt, you do it for a number of reasons. One, though, is to identify you as the owner of a quilt should it be lost or stolen.



In the case of a quilt that has been taken -- you can be sure that the thief will be quick to remove that label with your name from the back of the quilt. BUT -- if you had taken a PERMANENT marker and put your name, address & phone number on the actually backing fabric it can't be removed. It doesn't have to be pretty -- because your pretty label will cover it up!



Now why didn't I think of that long ago?


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Hi Kate,

I've mentioned this before, but our SOP is to machine embroider the "label" (there is no separate label of any kind) directly on the quilt

- either on the back or front depending on the design.

Doc

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Howdy!

Have done this for years. Also put my name on the front somewhere in a busy, scrappy quilt... because it's mine, and I said so. ;-P When I quilt for someone else, I put my name on the fabric under the binding. (B-fly, my name is on your quilt a couple of times. )

Cheers! R/Sandy

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My late MIL was also a lively character at the nursing home(s) she lived in her last years with Alz. When she passed, the staff lamented her passing despite her difficult personality because she had 'get up and go', not sitting motionless in the drawing room. Cheers Bronnie

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Doc

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Hi J*,

In a perfect world perhaps. But in this one, I'd be very surprised if there wasn't (or is it weren't?) a standard disclaimer/clause in facility contracts to the effect of "not responsible for lost or stolen items".

Perhaps a more practical precaution would be some kind of insurance akin to a renters policy. Of course no one can replace items carrying sentimental value, and nothing is perfect, but IMO this would be better than nothing.

Doc

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