Labels

Do you label your quilts? 

I have always documented and labeled my quilts with at least the name of the quilt, my name and the date. If it is a gift, I add who it is for and maybe the occasion. Sometimes I add my location.  

I also keep a running journal and of coarse photos of all the quilts I make and a short paragraph about each quilt, including size and finish date. 

Lately, I have fallen behind in labeling. 

Since I finished a baby quilt made for a gift, I knew I needed to get busy making some labels. 

I used Bubble Jet Set 2000 to set the ink from my printer on the labels.

It is easy to use. I take my muslin (my usual go to label fabric) and soak it in the solution. Ring out the excess and hang it to dry.

Once it is dry, I iron it and then cut it to 8 1/2" x 11". I also cut freezer paper to the same size and iron it on. 

At my computer, I search for free clip art that will go with each quilt. I make my labels with the important information on it and then print it out. Here are the ones I made yesterday.

Once they are printed, I iron them again to set and cut them out. I remove the freezer paper and iron under a 1/4" around the label.

The last thing to do is stitch them on! Here are the quilts I finally finished!

From left to right:

Yes, Baby Bear (Mod Bear Paw), Hunter's Star, Freedom of Expression, Pretty Patchwork, Diamonds in the Rough, and Fall Y'all!

What's Next?

When I finally finish a project, I ask myself what is next? 

Yesterday I put the last stitches to finish the binding on my modern black and white quilt I have been working on for a while. 

This is the quilt that was inspired by a ad I saw in a magazine in the spring for a bathing suit. I rustled with the original design that I drew up from the advertisement and set it aside for most of the summer. I deconstructed a bit of it to add more detail and now it is finished!

I renamed it Freedom of Expression. It has both some straight line quilting and FMQ. I took each section and practiced different quilting skills, many techniques from Lori Kennedy @ In Jaunt Box. 

The quilt is 53" x 62.5" ~ a good size lap quilt to snuggle under. 

The backing is a very busy black and white print that I bought for a different quilt but didn't end up using. Nice to use something from my stash!

I worked on a small remembrance quilt for a friend of mine that lost her mom in a car accident.

It is the size of a postcard. I found the paper pieced pattern here.

So you want to know what's next?

I sandwiched this quilt today...my pretty patchwork! Originally, I found this pattern over at The Painted Quilt. Kaaren called it ~ Stopped Me in my Tracks.

And I am going to join a quilt~along! I haven't done one in awhile but I really like this one! 

It is called MOD Bear Paw QAL over at Sewfreshquilts. Looks like FUN!