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Posted by AliceW on December 6, 2008, 11:48 am
I have to confess, most of my quilts are not heirlooms so I don't do
"official" labels. However, I just finished 5 quilts for my husband's
siblings. The quilts were made from their father's shirts. He passed away
in late January so this will be their first Christmas without him. They are
a very close family so I want to add labels to these quilts. I have an idea
of what I want them to say, but I need some instruction on how to get the
text onto the label and the best way to get the labels onto the quilts. I
have a quilting label program on my PC and I wanted to print the labels onto
fabric using my printer. How do I made the printing permanent so it doesn't
wash out? What's the best way to apply to the quilt? I have iron-on fabric
or regular fabric that would be hand sewn. I want to do this right. Help
is, as always, very much appreciated.
Alice
"Do what you like, like what you do"
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Posted by Mary on December 6, 2008, 12:47 pm
There are so many ways to label a quilt it's simply amazing! I always
sign and date any quilt I make, and I do that by taking a light pencil
or wash-out marker (the blue one) or a light-fading marker (the purple
one) and writing my signature and the date. Then I take a colored
thread that goes well with the quilt colors and outline stitch over
the marks, and the signature is there forever (unless somebody
actually takes the trouble to pick out the stitches someday --
naughty, naughty!) And it may smack of arrogance, but I always do it
on the front of the quilt, either on an edge next to the binding or
somewhere rather "hidden" in the face of the quilt itself. On a
couple of quilts I inherited and which were not signed, I did the
labeling in the same way, but did it on the back of the quilts, adding
the name of the quilter, the date as close as I can figure it out, the
original recipient's name, and the occasion if I know that. On those
quilts, I also add my initials and the current year in parentheses so
that later on my relatives will know the original maker didn't sign
the quilt. I have one quilt which was duly signed by the quilter with
an indelible pen about 40 years ago, and sadly, that has smeared and
faded, so I don't have a lot of faith in pens.
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Posted by Sandy on December 6, 2008, 1:20 pm
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> I have to confess, most of my quilts are not heirlooms so I don't do
> "official" labels. However, I just finished 5 quilts for my husband's
> siblings. The quilts were made from their father's shirts. He passed away
> in late January so this will be their first Christmas without him. They are
> a very close family so I want to add labels to these quilts. I have an idea
> of what I want them to say, but I need some instruction on how to get the
> text onto the label and the best way to get the labels onto the quilts. I
> have a quilting label program on my PC and I wanted to print the labels onto
> fabric using my printer. How do I made the printing permanent so it doesn't
> wash out? What's the best way to apply to the quilt? I have iron-on fabric
> or regular fabric that would be hand sewn. I want to do this right. Help
> is, as always, very much appreciated.
>
> Alice
> "Do what you like, like what you do"
Alice, I frequently use computer-printed labels on my quilts. I like to
put a photo on most of them, too; perhaps a photo of your FIL would be
appropriate in this case? Is your label program the HP one? That's what
I have, and it makes it very easy to add a photo from your computer and
then type in the information you'd like to add. However, you can do much
the same thing with almost any word processing program. :)
At any rate, I use fabric made specially for printing via the computer;
most often I've used Printed Treasures, but I'm also going to experiment
with the EQ sheets soon; their samples in Houston were very nice. I have
used the June Taylor (Tailor?) sheets, but they're very stiff. To combat
that, you could add strips around the edges by machine and then hand
stitch the whole thing to your quilt. That's what I ended up doing on my
Mardi Gras quilt
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(<http://www.sandymike.net/html/lonestarquilts.html#Mardi>, scroll down
to the detail shots).
BTW, I always hand stitch my labels onto the back of my quilts; I
suspect iron-on would stay awfully stiff, but I'm not sure. I also don't
worry about someone perhaps going to the trouble of taking off the
label; if they want to take credit for my quilts that badly, they'll
find a way, even if machine stitched on.
I know that some people manage to piece the label into the backing, but
I don't have a lot of faith in my ability to do that, keep the label
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straight, and not have it end up off the edge. <G>
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net
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Posted by AliceW on December 6, 2008, 2:29 pm
Sandy, thanks for the info. How do you keep the computer printing from
washing out? Does it have to be set to make it permanent?
--
Alice
"Do what you like, like what you do"
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: > I have to confess, most of my quilts are not heirlooms so I don't do
: > "official" labels. However, I just finished 5 quilts for my husband's
: > siblings. The quilts were made from their father's shirts. He passed
away
show/hide quoted text
: > in late January so this will be their first Christmas without him. They
are
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: > a very close family so I want to add labels to these quilts. I have an
idea
show/hide quoted text
: > of what I want them to say, but I need some instruction on how to get
the
show/hide quoted text
: > text onto the label and the best way to get the labels onto the quilts.
I
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: > have a quilting label program on my PC and I wanted to print the labels
onto
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: > fabric using my printer. How do I made the printing permanent so it
doesn't
show/hide quoted text
: > wash out? What's the best way to apply to the quilt? I have iron-on
fabric
show/hide quoted text
: > or regular fabric that would be hand sewn. I want to do this right.
Help
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: > is, as always, very much appreciated.
: >
: > Alice
: > "Do what you like, like what you do"
:
:
: Alice, I frequently use computer-printed labels on my quilts. I like to
: put a photo on most of them, too; perhaps a photo of your FIL would be
: appropriate in this case? Is your label program the HP one? That's what
: I have, and it makes it very easy to add a photo from your computer and
: then type in the information you'd like to add. However, you can do much
: the same thing with almost any word processing program. :)
:
: At any rate, I use fabric made specially for printing via the computer;
: most often I've used Printed Treasures, but I'm also going to experiment
: with the EQ sheets soon; their samples in Houston were very nice. I have
: used the June Taylor (Tailor?) sheets, but they're very stiff. To combat
: that, you could add strips around the edges by machine and then hand
: stitch the whole thing to your quilt. That's what I ended up doing on my
: Mardi Gras quilt
show/hide quoted text
: (<http://www.sandymike.net/html/lonestarquilts.html#Mardi>, scroll down
: to the detail shots).
:
: BTW, I always hand stitch my labels onto the back of my quilts; I
: suspect iron-on would stay awfully stiff, but I'm not sure. I also don't
: worry about someone perhaps going to the trouble of taking off the
: label; if they want to take credit for my quilts that badly, they'll
: find a way, even if machine stitched on.
:
: I know that some people manage to piece the label into the backing, but
: I don't have a lot of faith in my ability to do that, keep the label
show/hide quoted text
: straight, and not have it end up off the edge. <G>
:
: --
: Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
: sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
: http://www.sandymike.net
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Posted by Sandy on December 7, 2008, 12:20 pm
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> Sandy, thanks for the info. How do you keep the computer printing from
> washing out? Does it have to be set to make it permanent?
It all depends on the brand, Alice. Just follow the instructions, and
you should be okay. For the Printed Treasures, I let it all "set" for a
while (overnight, if possible, just to be sure), then rinse it and allow
to air dry, then press with a hot iron. After that I sew it onto the
quilt, and I haven't yet had the printed "stuff" wash out. <knocking on
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wood to prevent future gotchas>
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net
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> "official" labels. However, I just finished 5 quilts for my husband's
> siblings. The quilts were made from their father's shirts. He passed away
> in late January so this will be their first Christmas without him. They are
> a very close family so I want to add labels to these quilts. I have an idea
> of what I want them to say, but I need some instruction on how to get the
> text onto the label and the best way to get the labels onto the quilts. I
> have a quilting label program on my PC and I wanted to print the labels onto
> fabric using my printer. How do I made the printing permanent so it doesn't
> wash out? What's the best way to apply to the quilt? I have iron-on fabric
> or regular fabric that would be hand sewn. I want to do this right. Help
> is, as always, very much appreciated.
>
> Alice
> "Do what you like, like what you do"