Brown Sharpie and light box

Adding a quilt label to your project is much like signing a piece of art. An artist signs his work to denote authorship and explains who created the work it also signals that the work is complete. Quilters who feel their art is completed when their binding is completed miss an important final step in authentication of their art.

The label should include the quilt name which will differentiate similar versions of the same layout and create uniqueness. The name of the creator should be included and if the quilt will be gifted, the name of the recipient. Identifying special events or activities will also make the quilt more meaningful.

Historical information is also important. I like to remember if the quilt came from a Block of the Month, quilt kit, or if it was my original design. Lately I have been including the name of the fabric line and designer and also the name of those who did the longarm quilting.

For the Zinnia quilt, I found a font on the computer, typed the information and increased the size to fit the quilt label. I placed a copy of the text on a light box then placed a a scrap of left over backing fabric on top. I used a brown Sharpie to trace over the words. heat set the ink, pressed the edges back and ironed, then attached to the corner of the quilt in the seam allowance of the binding.