How to Make Your Own Quilt Labels

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Do you make your own labels? What is your favorite method?

[@Reina12375]

I discovered that I can iron freezer paper onto any fabric- I’ve only used cotton- cut it to 8.5x11 paper size. When printed iron the page to set the ink, then soak in vinegar for five minutes. Rise thoroughly and let it dry. Iron with hot iron after it dries. Then you have your label!. so far it has worked. I’ve only tried black and white not color because of my limited ink but it seems to be OK. I have also tried one of the papers on your video and that worked equally well, so maybe you’d like to give that a try. I don’t quilt as much as you do so I only printed labels for the limited number of quilt .

[@junedenor2118]

Thank you great job. Don't worry about the dust. I call that antiquing the decor. That just shows us you spend more time sewing. And that's more fun than❤

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Yes I definitely spend more time sewing than cleaning 😂!

[@cb2378]

I popped over to watch this following your Quiltmas 2023 video. I love this! Thanks so much for educating and entertaining your worldwide viewers. Carol Kentucky, USA

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks so much! So glad you liked this one.

[@chrislittebrant5235]

Hi Kristen, Always happy to see you, it brightens my day❣️No worries here, if you knew how dusty my everything is.. my oh my! 😳 Gosh, thank you for those suggestions. I hope you have a really nice weekend. 👍🥰👍 Chris

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks! You have a nice weekend too!

[@suelambrix]

I just love the label on the binding! So cute. I will be doing this on my next quilt. Thank you so much for sharing this idea!

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks! So glad you liked it!

[@manuelashannon1369]

I love the idea of label on the binding. An idea I will try it. I haven’t used that printing fabric. I will try. I didn’t have success years ago. I’ve use just regular cotton on freezer paper or Heat N Bond and my Epson Printer. Epson printers have the right ink gif fabric. Thank you for a great idea. Your content is so good.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks so much! So glad you liked it!

[@sherryfaires7931]

Thank you so much! I have never seen a label on the binding! I like it a lot!

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Glad you liked it!

[@jo-annevandermey2704]

Great idea. I have used my ink jet printer to make my labels for a long time. I pretreat my fabric with Bubble Jet Set. It gives the fabric the treatment that the bought pretreatment fabric has. The bottle lasts a long time and can be reused. It can be bought in the UK as I googled it for someone else. I also print photos on fabric for quilts so this is a very economical way to print. You just put the fabric onto freezer paper and off you go. I never thought of doing the label in the binding.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Great tip thanks!

[@143handmade]

I have just used a sharpie pen on the back or on a muslin piece sewn into the corner. I love the idea of printing on fabric. I just haven't tried it yet. This skinny label will definitely be how I label my next quilt!!

[@ScrapFabricLove]

If you have nice handwriting a sharpie sounds grand…mine is not the nicest 😂

[@143handmade]

@ScrapFabricLove my every day hand writing may as well be code cause no one but me can read it but I do know calligraphy and that's what I used. I only ever put my name the year and sometimes who it's for. With printed labels I can add washing instructions and so much more.

[@ShadowMoonFarms]

Great idea. Thanks for sharing

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks!

[@loganlinda344]

Great idea and I love the quilt you're binding....it's beautiful❤ What batting did you use?

[@ScrapFabricLove]

I think that one was a poly blend. I haven’t yet found my favourite batting. I am still on a try everything once phase!

[@SadieLeighSchuck]

Thank you for this tutorial! Gonna give this a try! 😊

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Glad you liked it! Thanks!

[@erica_w]

I'm a pandemic quilter and do not (yet!) have an embroidery or monogramming machine. Hand sewing...all thumbs. I ordered personalized labels from Amazon which are ok but lacking. I've used the fabric paper to incorporate photos into quilts but using it for labels incorporated into binding or even borders is a great idea. Thank you!

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Glad this gave you an idea - hope you have fun with it!

[@janicec1196]

Good ideas. I really like the skinny label idea on the binding. I usually buy label panels and hand write my information using a micron pen. My writing isn't the best, but it's legible. I've sewn them on by hand and by machine, depending on what mood I'm in. Thanks for sharing.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@laurastratton8614]

I use the June Tailor Quilt Labels and design the label on my phone/computer and print on my ink-jet printer. There is an option for pretty borders but I often skip that. They have a fusible backing so not much hand sewing is needed. I usually include the Quilt Pattern Name, Who It's For, My Name and The Date. If my daughter does the long-arm work I include her name too. I try to fuse it to the backing BEFORE in the lower right corner before I do the topstitching. Then it gets secured by the topstitching and the border on 2 corners. I can save the unused portion of the label for another quilt.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Fab! I’ve seen some of her other products but not that one. Sounds good!

[@margaretduffy1360]

I use the alphabets on my machine and stitch out my labels. I'm contemplating using vintage embroidered hankies for the label fabric.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

That would be lovely! Love that idea!

[@manuelashannon1369]

I’m going to try this. Really great idea.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks!

[@pywagner]

I have made my own labels, but they were just handwritten with Pigma pens. I've recently subscribed to Sweetwater to receive a monthly label, but now I'm intrigued about printing my own! Thanks so much for introducing me to Canva. I'm definitely going to try my hand at it. Also, I used to watch Melanie Ham videos too. Always enjoyed her and have missed her cheerful personality and gentle way. 😢

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Yes she was great. So sad. Glad you liked the label printing idea - if you try it have fun with it!

[@lafcustomdesigns]

Hmm. I left a comment when your video first came out last week. Don't know what happened to it. Anyway ... this is genius! I make a triangle corner label using a coordinating fabric and a Micron pen, but I can certainly adapt this concept using Affinity Photo, a Photoshop clone. Thanks so much, Kristen! ❤

[@ScrapFabricLove]

So glad you liked it. You could definitely still make your labels a corner triangle even if you print them. And way easier to stitch just the one edge!

[@elizabethamis9376]

Interesting idea - thanks for sharing. I prefer to make mine by hand, stating who it's for and why it was made. As you can tell, I do not quilt for a living, rather I make them for friends and family. ❤👍from Somerset

[@ScrapFabricLove]

I’m sure your labels are lovely. I wish I had the patience to do them properly by hand but I would never finish!

[@sallysmith6543]

Good ideas, thank you. I always forget to label my quilts! Think I might iron on some bondaweb before cutting to save having to turn under the edges.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

That would definitely work!

[@andreawalker2535]

So clever! Thanks!

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks!

[@dianehuntley2493]

Great idea😊

[@roseswalls3468]

I had never seen this way, and think it is a great idea.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks!

[@kerrydavidson2288]

Hello, I also like to print my labels. I generally use Bubble Jet Set which is a bit hard to get rather than buying the printable fabric, because it's expensive. However, you said you have to print the whole sheet, but that's not actually true. If I only want one label, I set it for the bottom corner of the page and so on, working up the page. Haven't had any problem feeding it through. I especially like doing it this way because each of my labels are for a particular person in general. Keep up the good work with your videos.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Fab! Maybe if I cut it straighter I can feed in half a page properly 😂

[@kerrydavidson2288]

Admittedly I normally do 6-8 labels on an A4 sheet of paper, and use Microsoft Publisher to plan them.

[@merryhill4790]

Don’t you know dust is God’s protective coating on everything, lol, works for me. Thank you for a great video on how to do this on the computer and printer. I have made them with regular fabric by ironing freezer paper to the fabric and making a cheat sheet typed out to copy on the material on my printer but your method is much prettier and the graphics are great.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

😂 thanks! Have fun with making yours if you try it!

[@marytillman372]

Very clever!!!!!

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks!

[@Charlie-tb6un]

So cool!! ❤😊

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks!

[@chefmum4096]

Hi, are there any classes of quilting I am very interested but don't know where to start. I am in Glasgow.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Hi! I learned online but if you want in person classes I would suggest asking at nearby quilt shops. They will either have classes or know where they are happening local to you. Good luck!

[@chefmum4096]

@@ScrapFabricLove Thanks for the reply, no lead so far I have asked on different forums and shops too.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

@chefmum4096 that’s a shame. You could also see if there is a quilt guild near you. They might not have regular classes but they would have workshops and talks and things like that.

[@chefmum4096]

@@ScrapFabricLove Thanks for the reply

[@lindachase2667]

Thank you for the tutorial, I do a similar method but use my alphabet on my sewing machine to sew the information on the binding and then attach binding the same way as you. I like you prefer to machine sew on my bindings. This is not my idea I learned it from Sharon Pederson in her books - Reversible Quilts and More Reversible Quilts. These are QAYG patterns.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Fab! I have tried that method too but with my machine this way looks neater for me, but frankly I will try any way that avoids the hand sewing!

[@Quiltrx]

Hi Linda, I have done bindings this way also following Sharon Pederson’s example in a book. I would love to see a tutorial on how others do this as I just kind of wing it. Do you know of any tutorials for this method?

[@lindachase2667]

Sorry I haven't seen a video on this method, just in Sharon's book and not seen to many other quilters use this method. @@Quiltrx

[@sueduquemin7119]

I have been cutting A4 pieces of calico and pressing bondaweb onto the back and then I can put it through my printer with no problem

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Awesome! I’ll have to try it!

[@connieking9873]

😢I have never made or applied a label to any of my quilts. I have just given them away. Mostly baby ones. I do have my own that I should label. Have been thinking about it as several are special ones

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Never too late to start!

[@coreygilles847]

I have barely ever labeled any of my quilts

[@veronicamays6263]

Corey, I highly recommend you do!

[@laurastratton8614]

PS - dusting takes away from quilting time!

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Well exactly! We all have to make choices….

[@laurastratton8614]

@@ScrapFabricLove I will ALWAYS choose almost anything over cleaning.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

@laurastratton8614 ditto!

[@guesswhonancy9028]

I use my embroidery machine

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Fab!

[@diannplatt-roberts8692]

I dont label a lot. I know its important but...

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Totally get it - much more fun to move on to the next project!