A few weeks ago I asked for ideas for quilt show award ribbons. I took on the "guest judge" task for our show, not realizing it involved making 50 ribbons! We have a list of locals, e.g., the mayor, council persons, art gallery owners, etc. who we invite to come to the show and choose their favorite quilt. I thought I would only have to send letters. I knew I could do that in an hour using mail merge. Sewing 50 fabric ribbons was NOT something I had time for.
So ... I photographed 12 or 18 different blocks from my quilts to get a variety. I inserted them into a Publisher document (Word would work too, but I can do Publisher really fast) and printed them in color on card stock,
6 to a page. Each one is about 2 1/2" square. I printed the back side on separate pieces of card stock, using only one block design as a watermark. I put text on top of the watermark to indicate what the award was. I punched 2 holes on the back block and inserted a safety pin there so no one will have to mess with straight pins. Then I printed "Celebrity Judge" 50 times, cut it out like a ribbon strip with an angle on the bottom and cut out 50 plain strips to write the judge's name on. I positioned the "ribbons" between front and back and glued it all together.I could have printed out the judges' names too, but since I know they won't all come, I didn't. This way, the volunteers can just pick up a ribbon and hand it to the judge without handling the whole stack of ribbons too much. And the unused ones can be used next year if they don't get lost like last year's did!
Done in several hours instead of days!
Thanks for all your suggestions. I saved them all for another time ... after retirement maybe.
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