Quilt Labels - Do you really need one? - a tutorial with Karen Brown
Quilt labels - they are a great finishing touch to a quilt, but how do you make one? What should the label say? Where do you put the label? How do I attach a label onto the quilt? Here’s my beginner-friendly quilting tutorial on quilt labels, with some fast and easy tips!
Instructor
Karen Brown
Karen Brown is a quilter and crafter who loves to make things and check things off the list. She loves trying new things, finding short cuts and new ways of using old things and sharing that information with other quilters at Just Get it Done Quilts.
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Quilt labels - they are a great finishing touch to a quilt, but how do you make one? What should the label say? Where do you put the label? How do I attach a label onto the quilt? Here’s my beginner-friendly quilting tutorial on quilt labels, with some fast and easy tips!
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Video Transcript
- Does your quilt need a label? Yes! Your quilt needs a label! A quilt label memorializes your effort and creates a lasting legacy.
- You can use a simple piece of solid fabric, or use a pre-printed label, or just use an orphan block. Or write directly on the block!
- What should be on your label? Add your name or initials, the date (or the time or period of your life), the recipient, any notes (words of goodwill, memory, location), quilt name, anything else that you want to mention!
- Use a fabric pen, print onto your fabric, hand embroider or machine embroider your lettering - anything works!
- Where should the label go? Often labels end up in the bottom corner, but there are no rules!
- How do you attach your label? You can incorporate it into the backing, or binding or you can attach it with embroidery, fusible, or decorative stitching on your machine (just remember that if you're adding it at the end, those stitches will show on the front!)
