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I usually make an extra block, turn the edges and stitch it to the back. Before I do that, I embroider my name and the date on the block. Sometimes I just embroider the info. in small script on the back, on the bottom right corner. I intend to label all my quilts, sometimes I don't get around to it!

Sherry

I use fine Magic marker pens.

Only those given as gifts or sold.

None.

Oh Sandy, I really like this idea. I've never read or heard it before. I'm sure it makes a huge difference to the look of it. Hope you don't mind if I 'borrow' the idea (when I next come across one I'm going to label!) . In message , Sandy writes snipped

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I label all my quilts.

Normally, I handwrite on fabric. I occasionally add some writing to the front using the built-in font of my sewing machine.

I normally do a rectangular label, turn and press over two sides and place the two raw edges along a corner of the quilt. I then catch these two sides in the binding (all binding seams). I then blind stitch the two turned edges to the back of the quilt. This way I figure it would be hard for some thief to (1) cover my label or (2) remove it - this would require unstitching a mitered binding :-)

After.

Name of quilt, recipient (if gift and known), Name, location, year. Sometimes I put the months also, but most often not.

I also try to take photos of every quilt when finished. I do one of the front and then one of the front with the corner with the label flipped over, so that front, back and label shows. Sometimes I take a closeup of the label (for special occasion gifts mostly) and sometimes of the whole back, if it is pieced.

Hanne in London

I label all my quilts, except for the charity ones (they put a group label on those.) I use pigma pens right on the back of the quilt, if possible, and only make a label when the backing fabric is too dark or too busy. I add the name of the quilt, pattern designer if applicable, my name, city, and month and year it was finished. If the quilt is for a special person, or special occasion, I sometimes add that, although, I usually make a quilt, then find a recipient. That way, I make the quilts that I want to make, trying patterns that interest me.

Handwritten on white muslin using pigma pens. Intened to use my embroidery machine form now on.

I intend to label every quilt, but some run away before I can do so :)

Yes.

Now an option for me.

No.

Applique - I usually hem the muslin on the machine and then hand sew to the quilt back.

After. The one time I sewed the label on before quilting I changed the intended recipient.....

Recipient & occasion if appropriate. Sometimes washing istructions.

Even if I don't sew on a label I do put my initials and date discreetly on the front of the quilt using a pigma pen.

Lizzy

Of course I don't mind, Pat! "Borrow" away! :)

i never did label any until a few years ago when i started making quilts for my son's fiance's family....they all got labels. i use plain muslin and iron transfer a label to that, color in w/pigma pens and put the name of the quilt or pattern, who it's for, the date i finished it and my name and town/state. turn under 1/8th inch and applique stitch to the back at the lower right hand corner. i recently started to long arm stitch my initials and the year into the quilting in the last row of quilting. just in case the label gets taken off. for wall hangings, i use pigma pens and write the info on the backing if it's light enough or on the casing before that gets sewn down.

i like the decorative stitch idea tho!! might try that one!!!

amy in CNY

I cut a larger-than-necessary rectangle. On a sheet of lined paper I get what I want to write all written out neatly and balanced the way I like it. Then I place the paper on a sunny window, tape it there, and copy the words onto the rectangle of white or natural cotton with a pigma pen. The rectangle is then trimmed so that I have enough extra all around to do a double hem before slip-stitching it to the back.

I try to label everything.... but since I have yet to make a quilt for myself, perhaps this bit of explanation is a bit of wishful thinking. I did get out the "quilt for myself" and re-figure out the instructions the other day. That re-figuring took about an hour, but was more fun than whatever coursework I wasn't doing. (!) Like now.

Erm, yes.

Aye.

I could do it by hand, but I don't think it would stand up to washing the way the Pigma pens will. My machine doesn't do fancy bits like alphabets.

I would love to, but my computer is on strike.

I'm not sure I've done this (fusing), but I have thought about it. Maybe I did it once, but forgot. Sounds like a good idea.

I turn the edges under twice before appliqueing it down.

I used to do it after, but now I try to catch two edges in the binding... I mean the actual machine stitching when you are putting the binding on the front, not just the hand stitching on the back. Of course, any determined thief could get it off with a stitch ripper so that is why I'm thinking of adding in the fusible step.

I try to give the actual quilt a name. If it's for a baby, I include the baby's birth date. Only once did I get the quilt done before that event, and left the birth date off.

You're completing more quilts than me. Be proud! What you do, you do well!

Okay, back to the District Court assignment and my cup of hot chocolate to stay awake....

-- Jo in Scotland

All my quilts are labeled. I started out hand-writing them, then discovered that my inkjet printer and any greeting card program could produce lovely labels. That's what I do now, though I don't know how permanent the labels are.

Usual label reads: This ___________ quilt was made specially for __________ by Carolyn McCarty (or by his/her aunt Carolyn McCarty) in 2006. Charity quilt labels read: This ________ quilt was made for you by Carolyn McCarty in 2006.

Then I iron the label and turn the edges under, and whip-stitch it to the back of the finished quilt. I warn the recipient not to wash the quilt for a few months, if possible. Of course, that doesn't apply to baby quilts! I assume they will wear out before the label fades.

If I ever again hand-piece and hand-quilt another quilt, I will probably embroider a label for it. It seems more fitting, somehow. JMHO.

I've labeled all my quilts so far; I've printed the labels out on my photo-printer (uses archival inks) on fabric. I put the name of the pattern (if I used one); the author; the quilter (again, if I didn't do it); my name, date, and location; and a note to the recipient if it's a gift. I've also put a small picture of the recipient and an even smaller one of me (I did this on quilts I made for my GD's for Christmas). I know it sound like a lot, but by designing it first on my computer, I can get all of this on a

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fabric, slightly larger than I want the label to be. Usually, I layer right sides together with a square of interfacing, stitch around, cut a slit in the interfacing and turn to make nice crisp corners and edges on the label.

I label all the quilts I give away.

All but small placemats, tablemats, etc.

This is what I've done most frequently. I use a Pigma pen.

I've only done a couple with machine embroidery using one of the built in alphabets. I'm always afraid that I won't get things lined up properly. the couple I've done this way did turn out pretty though.

This is what I've been doing most frequently lately.

I almost always slipstitch to the back after I've done the binding.

Neither

After

Depends. Sometimes pattern name. name of baby and date of birth, whatever I think needs to be on there.

Maureen

I print out the info (it differs on different quilts just how much info I include) on my computer and trace it onto a light colored fabric with a permanent pen. I usually try to applique something from the front of the quilt just to dress up the label a bit (maybe a flower cut from one of the fabrics or a miniature of the block used on the front) and then use a fabric that isn't the same as the backing to border the label. I prefer to not quilt thru the label. I put it in the corner of the quilt and have the binding over two sides of it. That way the label is stitched down when applying the binding by machine and then stitched down again when the binding is turned and hand stitched. I use an applique stitch on the other two turned-under sides of the bordered label.

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

My favorite label so far would be the ones for graduation. I arrange the grad invitation, card and picture plus a picture of the grad when he was just a little fellow all on one sheet fabric/photo stuff. With a bit of arranging, I manage to add a little information. These sheets are easier to stitch to the quilt back if they are first bordered (by SM) with fabric kinder to hand needles. The photo sheets are kind of tough to needle through. I also place the label over in a corner so I can catch it on two sides when adding the quilt's binding. Polly

LOL - Thanks, Jeanne! Pix are on the computer, but I have to put the geek-in-residence (DH) to work putting them online.

MMMMM... french silk ice cream in the freezer is calling my name!

Sounds like it's naptime for you - I bet you even have a quilt to snuggle under! ;-)

Sleep tight, Laurie

so you have a place online to put them? with a place, uploading is simple as a rule. just click on upload or add more pix, then follow the wizard thing there shows up, in most places. unless you have your own site and are using html or other language to upload pix. i'm sure you can manage if you've some other online site. noooooooooo, not the french silk, eeeeeeeeeeeeek. that stuff'd call my hips and thighs, omg. i usually get 40 winks or less after i eat around mid-day while watching tv. i do one of the very bestest types of quilts and its fleece backed for the perfect snooze. :-D tho i cant use it at this time of year. i melt thru middle of the day now already. summer here is warmish and generally with high humidity. if we dont get enough breeze we melt. fwiw, argh. j.

"queenb" wrote... > LOL - Thanks, Jeanne!

Polly: On the small label on the QoV, we use a computer printed message, we also add a small border of regular fabric. We ALSO line the bordered square with a VERY thin white cotton, slit it and turn it. This adds a nice backing to the white (like wearing a slip under a white dress!) HTH. PAT