Okay, I finally got around to rejoining the local guild - I had some kind of bad experiences in the past, but I decided to give them (and me) another chance. Now I have to come up with a creative idea for a name tag. Turns out this month is the annual potluck and they're having a name tag contest. Any suggestions for something I can make over the weekend?
Any paper pieced blocks you like? Can you put your name on part of a block....like a signature block. Or do a house block with your name on the door and your picture in a window? Do you have an embroidery machine? Maybe you could make a mock up of a credit card with your name on it and burn the edges as if you had burned it up in a quilt shop or show! I'm not very clever at this sort of thing. I usually forget to wear my name tag. In fact I haven't seen it around here for a while. Good luck! KJ
Depends on how creative you want to be. Simple and looks good: use a bright fabric base. cut a square/rectangle for the name part from light colored fabric. (use pinking shears/blade for looks and "no ravel") Fuse light rectangle onto bright. layer with cotton batting and a backing. stitch around the light rectangle. Trim all edges with pinking blade/shears leaving a border of bright around the light. Use a Sharpie or other marker to letter your name and what ever in the light area. You can also add any quilty pins to this name tag.
Pati, > Okay, I finally got around to rejoining the local guild - I had some kind of
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Here are a few ideas:
A chatelaine, one that looks more like a wide neck tie draped around the neck & shoulders, makes a wonderful name tag display piece, and holds all those extra goodies; very eye-catching. ;-)
Ragmop/Sandy
KJ you beat me to it. On one of my other sites they had a Badge block you could make and then write in your name and any other information you wanted with a fabric pen.
Kathy D. in Il
KJ wrote:
Cute!
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions! I think I'm starting to come up with a plan - I'll let you know how it develops.
Ahhhh gee thanks Pat! Maybe there was some alien inhabiting my body when I wrote those. I'm usually stuck for ideas. That might be one of the reasons I don't get "into" Halloween. Part of me just froze when the kids would say, "I need a Halloween costume". DD just did that the other day....she's
23 and in her first teaching job. I'll let her figure it out. Kathyl
Well it just happened. The official email from DD asking what she could wear as a costume to a Halloween swing dance. I'm putting it out to you all.....some of the most creative people I know! KJ
A guild I sort of belong to (it's in another country so I have never been to a meeting) used a piece of fabric with little quilts printed. Each one is about 3" square, and there are various designs. The group members each chose one square and made a teensy quilt out of it, embellished with dangly thimbles and stuff. Across one corner of the "quilt" is a banner/sash made of narrow twill tape (diagonal like Miss America) with the person's name and the name of the guild. Sew a pin on the back to attach to your bosom. Or wherever. Roberta in D
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Oh, I like the embellishment idea. I think I'm going shopping tomorrow!
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