Label Options

Option 1: Hand-Traced Labels

  • Fabric:

    • Kona solids, white or natural

  • Pens:

    • Pentel Gel Roller for Fabric

    • Dritz Quilting Fine Line Permanent Pen

  • Method:

    • A lightbox is used to trace words from paper onto fabric.

    • Ink is heat set.

  • Options for attaching:

    • Corner: sewn under the binding on back of quilt

    • Rectangular: 4 edges sewn down on quilt back (stitching will be visible on front of quilt)

Labels sewn into the binding on the back corner.

label hand-copied with a lightbox and sewn into the binding on the back of the quilt - Made for NAME by Aunt Joyce 2023

Square label stitched around edges (stitches visible on front).

Option 1: Prices

  • $20 for 5” label with 4-5 short lines.

  • $22 for 6” label with 6-7 short lines.

Option 2: Your Handwriting on Label

Option 2: Prices

  • $16 - for QCS to sew a blank 5”-6” corner or square label onto the quilt for you to finish at home

  • $18 - for QCS to give you cloth and a borrowed pen to write on the label at home and return it to QCS so QCS can sew the finished label onto the finished quilt.

  • $5 - to heat set a label

Option 3: Ink Jet Printed Label

Fabric:

  • Fabric Sheets for Ink Jet Printers by June Tailor (Colorfast)

  • Method:

    • Label printed on fabric sheets.

    • Heat set

  • Uses:

    • Vintage quilts to document the history of the quilt

    • Labels with more words

    • Precisely printed lettering

    • Photographs

Option 3: Prices

  • $20 for 5 printed lines (14 pt font)

  • $22-$32 for larger sizes/num. of lines

Ink jet printed label, small