I see all of these bloggers with cute little material labels they put on the clothes, quilts, and other items they make. What a fantastic idea! I know some of them purchase them through online shops, but I was hoping I could find a way to do it myself at home. Enter the magic of the internet. I found this video tutorial created by The Crafty Gemini on youtube. I'll provide a picture/text tutorial below, but I want to stress this is not my original idea. I completely believe in giving people credit for their ideas.
Materials:
- freezer paper
- printer paper
- glue stick
- material
- injet printer
Directions:
1. Cut the freezer paper to the size you would like. You can cut it bigger and print several labels on one pass through the printer.
2. The freezer paper should have a dull side, and a shiny, waxy side. It's kind of hard to tell the difference in the picture below, but in real life it's obvious. Glue the dull side to the printer paper. The shiny, waxy side should be facing up.
3. Position your fabric on the freezer paper and turn it upside down on your ironing board.
4. Have your iron on a hot setting (I used the cotton setting), and NO steam. Run the iron over the back of the paper. Your material will now be temporarily adhered to the freezer paper.
5. Design your label in your choice of computer program. If I'm making several at once I like to make a variety of sizes.
6. Place your prepared freezer paper/material page in the printer and print! It worked best for me to use the tray feed on my printer.
7. You can now peel the material off the freezer paper, cut it to size, and sew it onto your project!
Super easy, but it works! Supposedly some printers do not set the ink in well enough and the ink come out in the wash. I haven't had that problem with my printer. Good luck and happy label making!
So some of you may remember the original post for this quilt. I posted about it when I finished the top. The quilt was called "Emma" at the time, because that is the name of the pattern. As I was finishing it up I realized Emma wasn't the best name for it since it's going to find it's home with a cute little baby boy. So now I'm calling it Emmitt. It works.
When I first finished this quilt top I wasn't sure how I felt about it. I didn't know if I liked all of the yellows I put in it. I thought the plaid sashing and borders were a little too busy. And so on, and so on. But now that it's done, I LOVE IT! Again, it's going to be hard to give this one up.
I did the basic meander free-motion quilting on it. This is only my third time doing free-motion quilting, and only the second time I did the meander pattern. (Such a kind, forgiving pattern.) The first time I did meander was on this little quilt I made for my sweet girl. I have to say I like my second attempt at it much better. I still need to work on consistency with my stitch length and I'm still battling my tension, but overall I love how the quilting looks. Keep in mind, there were a few times I had someone "helping" me push my sewing pedal, and another time this same someone was dumping water on my leg as I was quilting this. Gotta love little helping hands.
And look! I'm starting to make my own little tags to add to things. So much fun! I found a super easy way to make these tags. I'll have to take pictures next time I make some and do a little tutorial on it. I'm sure most of you already have ways to do it, but why not share?!
Next weekend we will probably see the sweet friends this is going to. They're little one is due mid-March so I'm ahead of the game on this one. I hope they enjoy lots of time snuggling their little one in this quilt. Knowing it's going to a good home makes it easier to give it up.
Happy Saturday!
