Labels Questions

[Charlotte Hippen]

My first question (set of questions) are computer related, the second is for
machine embroidery.

First: I have my first quilt, several my son received from my mother and
grandmother when he was born as well as any they make for the new baby to
label. (Since I'm really enjoying quilting there will be plenty more after
that I'm sure.) I'm not much of an artist (ok ok not an artistic at all), so
I'm looking to either print labels or print the design on paper and trace
with pigma pens onto my fabric. I do have some label designs my mother has
in a binder but there are not many. My mother also bought a quilt program
called virtual quilts (or something close). It has labels on it as well,
but again not many to choose from. My question is what do those of you whom
use your computer to print/design labels use? Are there some really nice
and relatively inexpensive programs one can buy for this that have several
premade choices and/or help creating your own (kind of like card making
programs)? I like the idea of designing my own ~ perhaps there is some clip
art/graphic packages that would work well for this that are inexpensive?

Second: This is going to be a ways off, but when I buy a new machine I'm
considering getting one that does embroidery and making, among other things,
labels for my quilts with it. Would this work OK? Does anyone have a
machine and use it for this? I like the idea putting on the label while the
quilt is still in layers so that it gets quilted in and is harder to remove
incase one was stolen. Would it be possible to quilt over a machine
embroidered label either by machine or by hand?

TIA
Charlotte

[Clooniff]

Try a google search for "clip art borders". There are a lot of sites with
free copiable clip art to play with and design your own label. You can
import the clip art into Word or other such program and put your text inside
the border.

Betty in CT

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[Kathy in CA]

Labels can be just plain text or with fancy borders. The label for my 1st
finished quilt (this month) is just plain text in bold with a large size
font. I printed it on my ink jet with fabric sheets I bought at Walmart in
the fabric section.

--
Kathy in CA
Quilting Stuff:
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/kathys1068

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[Charlotte Hippen]

Thanks for the idea Betty. I've done graphics searches before, but never
thought to use clip art for a search instead. I'll have to try it and see
what I come up with.

Charlotte

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[Charlotte Hippen]

Thanks Kathy. That's what my mother did for the "I spy" toddler quilt she
made my son however, I'm looking to make my labels a little less plain. I'm
sure I will do just plain text labels for some of my quilts eventually when
I get way behind on making them, but I would like something more for the
boys's baby quilts from my mother and grandmother. I also really like the
idea of all (or at least nearly all) my quilts having label with a nice
design/border on them. I already have a few ideas for my first quilt, I
just need to decide which or what combination of designs I've found that I'm
going to use. But, I really don't have much for using with future quilts I
make or the boys's quilts.

Again thanks for the suggestion, it just wasn't what I was looking for.
Charlotte

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[Charlie]

try the graphics at http://dgl.microsoft.com I fint it a wonderful wealth of
clip art and it loads right into your clip art program if you use windows!

Charlie.

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[Kathy in CA]

Thanks for that graphics link! It's great! Didnt know about it before.

--
Kathy in CA
Quilting Stuff:
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/kathys1068

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[Sandy Foster]

Charlotte, I've done everything from writing directly on my quilt with
Pigma Pen to making a label with photos on it. <g> It all depends on the
"look" you're going for. For a time, I embroidered my name and other
pertinent information on the quilt, but I tired of that. Then I started
using my Bernina's alphabet function to spell all of the information
out, bordering that with a built-in embroidery stitch and then sewing
the finished label to the quilt. Now I'm having lots of fun using HP's
software, called HP Custom Quilt Label Kit (put out in conjunction with
the EQ people). The program is fairly inexpensive (around $20-$25, I
think) and runs on either a Mac or a PC. There are lots of graphics in
it, or you can import your own from clip art or scanned/digital photos.
They also have several styles, so you can decide what size you want and
how much information to include. Then you just print it out on fabric
that's treated and that you can either buy or make with Bubble Jet Set.
HTH!
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
mailto:s_fo...@earthlink.net
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[Nurse Ratched]

I use Print Shop Deluxe to design labels.

One of the (many) things I like about it is, I can load a photo to act as the
background and adjust the tint so that it's pale and you can see the writing on
top of it.

Nurse Ratched (remove "cuckoo" from address to reply)
We'll all get back to normal if we put our nation first,
But the trouble with "normal" is, it always gets worse. ~Bruce Cockburn

[Sherry Starr]

Try this link for labels www.small-expressions.com/main.htm. There are some
cute labels there.
Sherry Starr

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[Charlotte Hippen]

Thanks Charlie!! I'll have to take a look.

Charlotte

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[Charlotte Hippen]

I have a few card programs (I think that this is one). The problem is the
border designs (unless you use fancy line frames) are too complicated to
trace with pigma pens. I'm not sure I want to run them through the printer
yet. I just hate to do that to it. Have you had any problems with it
wearing your printer out faster than normal printing? What fabric do you
use in it and what brand is your printer (ink permanantcy sometimes with
company I've heard).

Thanks!
Charlotte

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[Charlotte Hippen]

That sounds exactly like what I am looking for. Where did you buy yours?
Is this something I'm going to have to get at the LQS or online? Or can I
find it in the computer section of Walmart, etc.?

Thanks Sandy!!
Charlotte

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[Charlotte Hippen]

Thanks Sherry, I'll check it out!!

Charlotte

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[Charlie]

You won't wear then ink out faster, the printer puts a set amount of ink on
the paper or fabric depending on which quality of print you choose.

Charlie.

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[Charlie]

How about "Image Maker"? You photocopy your design that you'vr made on the
computer and printed out then put the Image Maker on it and iron it to the
fabric. It transfers perfectly. I'm not sure why people faff about with
all these ways of running fabric through the printer when this stuff is so
inexpensive - much much cheaper than the jet set stuff!

Charlie.

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[Elena]

One thing I haven't seen mention yet is about your question on quilting thru
a machine embroidered label. I don't think I would risk destroying the
lovely stitching by running a sewing machine across it. Most labels go on
after the quilt is finished and bound. They are handstitched in place.
I've heard how satisfying it is to do that by hand as you get a big rush of
"FINISHED!!!" when it's done. I get my rush more from finishing the hanging
sleeve, or the binding on a bed quilt than I do when I get the label on.
That's just me. :)
Some people though do like to quilt right thru their label, feeling it melds
the label into the quilt and it doesn't stand out so starkly, especially
against a solid or high ontrast background. And as you said, as insurance
against it being stolen and the label removed. Heck, some people just write
on the quilt backing itself!

Just remember, There Are No Quilt Police! Do what you like on your quilt
as long as it's readable by the generations of others who will prize your
work. :)

Elena

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[Sandy Foster]

In article <lBhZa.108966$YN5.74283@sccrnsc01>,
"Charlotte Hippen" <cmhi...@mchsi.com> wrote:

> That sounds exactly like what I am looking for. Where did you buy yours?
> Is this something I'm going to have to get at the LQS or online? Or can I
> find it in the computer section of Walmart, etc.?
>
> Thanks Sandy!!
> Charlotte

Charlotte, I bought my copy in Houston last fall, but I know you can
order it directly from HP's web site (and EQ's?), if your LQS doesn't
have it. I don't know about Walmart, though I sort of doubt it.

[Charlotte Hippen]

Thanks for the response Charlie. I realize that with the ink. I'm
concerned that the extra thickness of sending fabric through the printer
might shorten the life of the printer itself.

Charlotte

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[Charlotte Hippen]

Thanks Charlie. That's a great way to do your labels on the computer
without worrying about what your doing to the printer by sending the fabric
through. And no messing with freezer paper or buying those expensive
packages of printer fabric either. I'll have to look for that. I assume I
can find this at JoAnns or Hobby Lobby, etc.?

Charlotte

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[Charlotte Hippen]

Thanks Sandy. Looks like I'll have to go online to find it. My LQS doesn't
carry this kinds of things. Hopefully now that they've moved into a bigger
store they can start looking at doing so.

Charlotte

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[Charlotte Hippen]

Your the first (and only so far). Thanks for your input Elena. I guess I
may just have to try it myself sometime to see what I think of the look and
how hard it is to quilt through, which may be a personal choice as well.

Charlotte

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[nana2b]

Hi, The last label I made I embroidered on my machine with a nice
embroidered frame around it. I used wonder under to affix it and then hand
stitched around it. I have also embrodered the square before I sewed it
into the quilt and just quilted around it. Both worked just fine. The
Quilt Police never noticed! HTH Linda

Posted a pic of my first quilt YBR! Finished last year just found the
photo!
Sugar & Spice Quilts by Linda E
http://community.webshots.com/user/frame242

[Marcella Tracy Peek]

I'm popping in late here. But, if you're talking about the special
"printer fabric" that you can buy in packs or simply ironing some fabric
to freezer paper before going through your ink jet printer than NO, you
won't wear out your printer. It isn't any thicker than running card
stock through your printer to make greeting cards or whatever.

marcella

In article <SgNZa.121855$YN5.85396@sccrnsc01>,

[Medium Gnome]

I just looked at your quilt photos and could not pick a favorite. You have
some wonderful quilts there.

Yvette

Quilting photos: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/early_quilter Uploaded
Aug.11, '03

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[Sandy Foster]

In article <ZcidnY97rob...@comcast.com>,
"Medium Gnome" <ymod...@comcast.net> wrote:

> I just looked at your quilt photos and could not pick a favorite. You have
> some wonderful quilts there.
>
> Yvette
>
> Quilting photos: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/early_quilter Uploaded
> Aug.11, '03

Yvette, your quilts are terrific! And the imaginative use of that
quilting tool is a riot! ;)

[Pati Cook]

I know that by using the embroidery machine you can make absolutely gorgeous
labels, if you take the time to do so. You can also make great looking, somewhat
simpler labels that way. I think that it depends on what you want for your
quilt.
Sewing through an embroidered label with the machine should be no problem, but I
don't think I would want to hand quilt through one.

Each quilt is different, and each label may be a learning experience.

Pati, in Phx

[Medium Gnome]

Thank you Sandi. I think DH put that there himself.

Yvette

QUILTING PHOTOS: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/early_quilter Uploaded Aug.
20, '03

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