LABEL YOUR QUILT

LABEL YOUR QUILT!   AUGUST 2013

My next thought was we should label our quilts.  So back to Google and to facebook to put out the question how can we make our own labels without spending a fortune on special printing?

I found lots of interesting ways to make labels.  The easiest one came from a tutorial blog by Dolls and Daydreams, Sarah has a great tutorial on making labels using fabric and freezer paper http://dollsanddaydreams.blogspot.com.au/2010/09/fabric-label-tutorial-made-from-things.html

So another impromptu Quilting day was born. During the week before, I sourced the freezer paper.  Most of the blogs you read say you can get it from supermarkets but that doesn’t apply in Australia.  I finally found it in Spotlight quite cheap at $1.15 per metre. Added to some calico I already had at home and a little ink from Lynne’s printer this makes for some really cheap label and you can write whatever you want.

 It turned out to be a printing, shopping and quilting day.  We printed our labels, and then while they were drying to help stop us being impatient we set off shopping for some more fabric for the next rag quilt.  Then back to continue with the next part of labels making.  They turned out perfectly.