Labels for quilts and crafts can be as simple as signing or quilting your name and the date to attaching a piece of fabric with many details.  Signing with indelible  ink or embroidering your name on the item makes it more permanent.  A  label can be removed. 
There also are ready made labels you can purchase and then simply sign your name with permanent ink.  Applique these to the back of your quilt or fabric art.
Computerized labels have come into vogue and enable you to add more information to your quilt.  Simply print directly on inkjet fabric sheets, then stitch to the back of …read more

More quilters are labeling their quilts these days.  so future generations will know who made them.  So many utilitarian and exquisite quilts of the pioneer quilters were unsigned so we don’t have any idea who created them.
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I have a quilt given my mom and dad as a wedding gift.  Only portions survive, but I can’t find any identification on any of the four corners, the usual place for labels or writing.  I wish it were signed so I knew who made it.
The quilts my grandmother made (with my 8-year old help) have the initials of my sister, brothers and …read more

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 Labeling your quilts and other fabric art projects with at least your name and date becomes important to help you keep a record, keep track of them at shows, and provide indentification for future generations. 
 I wish so much there was a name or initials on the quilt my mom and dad received as a wedding gift.  If Mother ever told me, when I was a child, who made it, I do not recall.  So the owner’s identity is lost forever.
I didn’t know about or think about, in my early quilting days,  labeling the quilts I made to give as gifts and those I made …read more

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“Do you label your quilts?” someone asked me and I realized that with all the quilts I’d made over the years, I never put a label on them.  
My grandmother didn’t put her name on the quilts she made for us grandchildren.  However, she inked our initials so we’d keep track of whose was whose.
I’d recommend labeling your quilts so the recipient will remember who was the quiltmaker.  It’s also helpful in years to come to know the origin of a quilt.  This also helps tell the story of the quilt.
To find out more about labeling your quilts, read Labeling Our Quilts at …read more