What To Put On A Quilt Label

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Labeling Your Quilt

A woman i met in a quilt shop in bath england in late 1999 told me that if you make 3 or more quilts a year for 5 or more years you will forget details so i should keep a log book of my work.

What to put on a quilt label. Be sure to leave a margin of empty space around the text plus 14 on all sides for the seam allowance. When i put a label on a quilt it usually is on the lower right side when looking at the quilt from the front. Consider this in todays world all kinds of information is easily.

Print your own quilt label tutorial to start cut a piece of freezer paper and light colored fabric slightly larger than. Place the freezer paper shiny side down on top of the fabric. When looking at the back it is lower left i would like to know if it makes any difference which corner the label is on.

5 items to include on your quilt label the most important yet most neglected part of the quilt. Welcome to the quilting board. Cut some strips 1 12 wide from coordinating or matching fabric.

How to make quilt labels. 5 items you must include on your quilt label. If you add the label and then quilt it becomes pretty impossible to remove the label without messing up the stitches and ruining the quilting.

Most thieves wont want to mess with that. Here is a list of sayings and quotes to put on your quilt label to show the recipient how much care and creativity was lavished on this special one of a kind gift. Set the generic labels aside for later use.

Design your label on your computer with. Put the label on an extra block left over from the front of the quilt. The freezer paper will stick a bit.

Whether it is a 12 x12 wall art quilt up to a king sized i have now a log number at the very bottom of the label. Make a new block out of extra fabric. Heres a mini block label that coordinates with the quilts fabric.

With an iron on the cotton setting press the freezer paper onto the fabric. You can put a fusible material on the back of the label like steam a seam2 and press it on the back of the quilt. Label making and embroidery steps.

Of the stashbuster online quilting group used scrap fabric she had in her sewing room to sew a label block. What to write on baby shower quilt label. An easy way to attach a label is to sew it into the corner of the quilt.

It really depends on the quilt and the label as to where i put it. Its sad that there are people out there who would steal like this. Center the text and cut the label to the desired size.

I usually put this on all my quilts that i make for someone special. Or you can sew it on by hand being careful to make sure the stitches do not show on the front of the quilt.

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