Since my first (hideous) attempt at a quilt label, I feel like I have made substantial improvement. Where we stand now, I have two different labeling strategies.
For things on my Etsy shop, including custom/commissioned orders, I use my teeny tiny quilts label. In a low-key attempt at consistent branding, I printed up some business-card-sized labels using a word processing program, and print them out on some iron-on transfer paper. While I don’t adore the look and feel of the iron-on stuff as a general rule, I think it’s the right choice. It’s small (only about 1.5″ x 2.5″), it’s clear and easy to read. It says “handmade with care by: / teeny tiny quilts / 2009″, and also includes the URL of my Etsy shop and my email address. Hey, you never know when you’ll get referral business…
For quilts that are given as gifts to friends, or that I’m just making for myself, I have started doing handwritten labels. The wording may vary, but it seems that the critical components are:
- some description of the quilt’s purpose (“for baby Henry,” “Old Red Barn Co Quilt-along”)
- some description of when it was made (for now, I’m just sticking with the year, I think that’s specific enough)
- my name (since, you know, the whole purpose of a label is to virtually sign your work)
Here’s the one I made for Duck, Duck, Frog. “made with love for / Henry Joseph / from / Liz J— / 2009″
Simple, small, to-the-point.
So, here’s my question for anyone out there reading, and you don’t have to be a quilter to help me out. The purple & green quilt is complete (and I love it and can’t wait to show it off…), all it needs is a label. And I’m not sure how to word it. It’s a gift for a good friend and her baby-girl-to-be. To the best of my knowledge, they have either not yet picked a name, or not yet shared that name, so I can’t address it directly to the baby. Just saying “baby girl” seems too generic.
How would you word a baby shower quilt label?
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Maybe something along the lines of “for the Vanhoozenhauzer’s newest family member”? Or, you could leave a space and let them know you want to write it in when they’ve picked a name.
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I usually address baby shower cards to “Baby Last Name” – maybe that would work? If it has the year too, it will always be obvious whose it is.
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I usually do “For Baby Smith”, or I sometimes will present the quilt at the shower then take it with me and put a label on after the baby is born with their name and birthdate on it.







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