A blog about quilting and using the LEFT-EZE Rule - my HST/QST Ruler designed for LEFT-HANDED Quilters -
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Thursday, June 22, 2017
All nice and labeled -
The way they should have been done in the first place - ;))
I found some white fabric that had some ugly red streaks on it from something that had obviously "run" a while back - and thought it could still be useful as the "facing" for my labels -
So - my usual method is to use some "sew-in" fabric sheets and work up a sheet of labels using my computer and an address label template - then print off the labels - cut them apart - and "frame" each one with some fabric -
Then place them face-down on the facing fabric - and stitch all the way around using a 1/4" seam -
Then slit the facing and turn the whole thing inside out - and give it a good press -
That way there are no edges to "turn under" - everything is all nice and neat -
Then I decide where I want to put it and try to use the same thread that I used to quilt the quilt in the first place - the theory being that the stitching will look like some "more" quilting - ;))
I stitch around the white part of the label using a straight stitch - then around the outside edge (perimeter) using a blanket stitch - and it's virtually invisible from the front of the quilt -
Unless you look really closely - ;))
And bonus -
With the double stitching -
Once around the inside of the "frame" -
And again around the outside of the label itself -
That label isn't going anywhere - ;))
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -
I always try to put my label on so that it isn't sewn through the front. Maybe that "pickiness" is why I don't label many quilts.
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