How to Make a Quilt Label with an Embroidery Machine, and how to sew it onto your quilt

Learn how to label a quilt and why quilt labels are important in this fun tutorial from Homemade Emily Jane.
Have you ever wondered how to make a quilt label or struggled with what to put on your quilt label? I’m here to help you figure out how to label your quilt!
One important way to preserve our quilting history is to add quilt labels to our quilting projects. Quilt labels can be used to document a quilt’s history or make the quilt an extra special gift for someone you love. Keep reading to find out why and how to label your quilt! I even share a step-by-step tutorial for how I make my own quilt labels using an embroidery machine.
I love to make custom embroidered quilt labels to personalize my quilts! If you want to learn the secrets to making high quality, personal embroidered quilt labels, this quilting tutorial video is for you.
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00:00 How to Label Your Quilt
00:43 Why should you label your quilt
01:52 What to put on a quilt label
03:08 How to Make a Quilt Label with an Embroidery Machine
03:33 Supplies for Making an Embroidered Quilt Label
05:19 Design Your Quilt Label
06:29 Prepping the Embroidery Hoop
07:08 Stitching out the embroidery design
10:28 Trimming threads and the label
13:01 Pressing the label
16:13 Stitching your quilt label onto a quilt
25:30 More information about this quilt
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[@majaber1]

Precise clear and straightforward instructions and delivery...so easy to follow. Iv subscribed. Thanks Emily, from Ireland.

[@HomemadeEmilyJane]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@tracileno9375]

Very informative and well explained. Ty!💕

[@conqueringmountscrapmorewi2509]

After 2 very busy sewing days, I get to watch your video with my heating pad on my shoulders and back. I hope you have a wonderful week ahead. Thank you for your talent, inspiration and posting this video!

[@HomemadeEmilyJane]

Thank you, you’re so sweet! I hope your muscles & spine recover quickly ❤️

[@shellyculver4239]

Wonderful! Thank you for this. I’ve been winging it all this time, but now I feel confident 😊

[@eduardachi2571]

THANK YOU I HAVE NOT USED MY embroidery machine now a have a reason to i enjoyed your tutorial

[@1daizie]

Thank you so very much! I love your instructions!

[@sharonmacintyrebarrett8572]

I was looking for how to do smaller letter for labels, for craft work where items are small.

[@deborahsnyder9199]

Thank you, great directions!

[@HomemadeEmilyJane]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jenniekinsey9776]

Love your video!!! Not sure if this is possible but I would think so, and figured you would know lol! Let’s say I’m doing an appliqué design and I wanted the fabric for the appliqué to look like a quilt material, like has the quilt pattern stitches on it, do you know how I could do that?

[@NightingaleNews]

What quilting design is this? It’s so pretty.

[@Amal2365]

Thank you so much 😊

[@HomemadeEmilyJane]

Happy to help!

[@marleneclausen30]

I make all my quilt labels on my embroidery machine. I highly recommend a single layer of water soluble stabilizer (wss) such as Pellon Wash ‘n Gone. After sewing out the label, I soak it to dissolve the stabilizer. It stays under the stitches to support them but no stiff stabilizer under the label.

[@HomemadeEmilyJane]

Great tip! Thanks!

[@camblass5560]

Great video! So clearly photographed. Would you share more about the fonts and sizes you have found that work well when embroidering labels?

[@HomemadeEmilyJane]

I normally just use the fonts that came on my software, but if you’re looking for more fun ones, check out Designs by JuJu!

[@camblass5560]

What size fonts do you think work best? I have used 1/4 inch but wonder if a 1/2 inch would be too large. Your fonts look larger.

[@HomemadeEmilyJane]

Definitely try the 1/2” size! My font sizes vary but the finished label is normally at least 7” wide so the words are clearly legible

[@charliedeloach1222]

Thanks-or the great tutorial! Unrelated question-what brand is your magnetic pin cushion I see to the right of your computer?

[@HomemadeEmilyJane]

Thank you! This is the magnetic pin cushion: amzn.to/492UiEi

[@giselaa6111]

question regarding size of letters in the software? and what thickness of your thread? please thanks for a great tutorial greetings from Sweden

[@HomemadeEmilyJane]

Hi! The sizes in the software vary quite a bit and are entirely customizable! It’s incredible!! And the thread is a classic polyester or rayon embroidery thread, I’m not sure the technical size though.

[@micheledonnelly5466]

What stabilizer do you use for the label?

[@HomemadeEmilyJane]

That’s a great question! Normally I either use tear away or iron-on, and I’ve linked some of my favorites in this article: homemadeemilyjane.com/how-to-label-your-quilt/

[@chrisc7566]

what machine are you using

[@HomemadeEmilyJane]

I use a Husqvarna Viking Brilliance 80 for embroidery

[@kristenswanson4502]

what is the quilting design you used on your quilt?

[@HomemadeEmilyJane]

Great question! All the quilting info is in this blog post (towards the end!) homemadeemilyjane.com/scrappy-sprightly-quilt/ ❤️