Personalize Your Quilt Using Quilt / Applique Labels
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2013
- missouriquiltco.com -- Jenny talks about the importance of using quilt labels to ensure that every quilt's story is remembered. To see our collection of quilt Labels, please see the links below.
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Jenny, you seem like such a delightful and caring person. I bet your children are very proud of you. Thank you for this sweet story of these 2 little ladies. Such a sad thing that they had no family to leave these beautiful quilts to. I love all of your tutorials and your web site. I would love to one day to get to come and visit your store.
I just sent a link to my sister and daughter so they could watch this. It really touched my heart. My grandmother made everyone quilts with no labels so we are going to put labels on them. The 3 of us like to make quilts and will begin to label them also.
Such a heartwarming story.
Jenny I love your tutorials and your quilt company and look forward to having all my boxes unpacked so I can make one of your quilts.
Jenny you are a gem. I look forward to your tutorials every week. I am retired and have taken up quilting. I adore it! Your heart shows in all you do. This made me cry. I wish more people would understand the love and time that goes into a quilt. Keep up your wonderful work Jenny, you are an inspiration to us all.
A moving tutorial... a touching story. This shows the passion Jenny has for quilting and helping EVERYONE tell their own story one stitch at a time.
Thank you Jenny!!!
Brought tears to my eyes. Have been making baby blankets for grandchildren since I retired,(due to R.A.) and want tto leave these to all my grandchildren. This tutorial was so helpful. Thank you Jenny
Very touching story! I cried. Thank you for encourag quilters to label their quilts. I'm fortunate to have an embroidery machine, so I do label my quilts.
We live in my husband's family home of 100 years. We discovered four quilts in our attic. Three were Grandmother's Garden quilt tops, hard stitched by his grandmother from feed bags. Two of them even had the backs made of feed bags. We had the quilts machine quilted and I put binding AND labels on them. That's so important! Oour daughter is thrilled to have one of her great-grandmother's quilts. They are a treasure!
What a beautiful quilt and such a beautiful but heartfelt story about the 2 sisters. I can't imagine not having family to pass things down to. Bless their hearts! I'm sure they were just precious little ladies!
I love Jennys tutorials. She seems so approachable & funny. A good thing in these times. Apart from the tutorials, she makes me laugh! Well done Jenny. I wish that I lived in America so that I could visit your shop.
The sweetest story by the sweetest Lady💗
I'm glad to see that you did a video about the importance of labeling a quilt. 14 years ago when I decided to branch into quilt making from just sewing, the very first class I took with G Street Fabrics, the instructor told us about the importance of signing and dating our quilts, and that you needed to use permanent, acid free markers. So every quilt that I make has a label with date, who it was made for and my signature, so in the future the historical time in which it was made is easily known.
How sweet and wonderful that you adopted their family. ♥️ You are a wonderful woman.
Thank you Jenny-I have made many quilts and never labelled one. Today I just finished on for my son's wedding. I am going to go make a label right NOW! Blessings and joy to you.
You are a beautiful lady, inside and out. Our world is such a better place with you and your family in it!
Jenny you are a gem. Thank you for empowering us as women, and continuing to bring dignity, honor and importance to the timeless traditions of quilt making, and in especially remembering those who have spent so much time making them! Please keep on sharing your wealth of knowledge and inspiration. You're a joy to watch.
dear Jennifer I am from south Africa my name is Mariam I love your tutorials problem is we don't get quilting easily please help
You are such a loving person. Thanks for all the wonderful videos.
Beautiful story and a beautiful quilt!
Thanks Jenny for sharing and you're so right about how somebody just might find a stray quilt and bring it home. I have an "ugly" rough quilt made with an old blanket backing that somebody made from old work shirt material. My Mom had it in her stash and nobody knows where it came from or anything else about it, but I love that quilt and it's always the first one I reach for on a cold evening. Never underestimate the value of something you make with your own two hands. There's somebody out there that's going to treasure it.
Jenny you touched my heart with this tutorial, more the story you told. When I first started quilting I became a Quilt Rescuer. Goodwill, yard sales, estate sales, wherever I found one. I couldn't believe that the families didn't pass these down. Now I know sometimes there is no family. They are all treasures!
Beautiful Tut Jenny, hard not to cry. Thanks for the info about the labels. The world is lucky for people as thoughtful as you were.
Wow, crying like a baby. You were a blessing in their lives; to appreciate their mother's work and her love for them. Jenny, thanks for the story and lesson learned.
Thanks Jenny for the wonderful tutorial and the story about why we should keep an accounting of the works that have been so lovingly made for whatever reason. My mother was a painter and all of her paintings are signed and dated..... I love that other people can know she painted them and so the same for all of us who create beautiful works of art!
Oh I am in tears watching this. I havent labelled mine before but as I was watching I jumped online and ordered some super fine sharpies so that will never happen again! Thank you for reminding me of the importance of both telling the quilts story but also the importance of families and their stories!
What a beautiful quilt. It makes me very happy to think that even if these women could not pass on their mother's quilts as family heirlooms, at least the internet has allowed their mother's quilting brilliance and story to be told to thousands.
As less people take the time to make handmade things, quilts become more precious. And as all forms of art, it is so important to document our work. Hopefully as quilts get passed down it will be a blessing to know each quilts story! You have inspired me to label my quilts from now on.
What a great, great story, and thank you so much for sharing with us. You are my inspiration, I just love what you are doing.
Oh I just cried when I heard this story. This story touched me so and the fact that these women had no one to leave their treasured quilts to broke my heart but they knew they were leaving them in good hands with you. I love sewing and just came on here to learn about fabric labels. I have never really been interested in learning to quilt, until now. Being a first time grandma to a beautiful new baby granddaughter, I think I'm going to try my hand at quilting and make one for her....and I'll be sure to label it! Thank you Jenny!
I just adored this video. I've only completed 1 quilt, you see I'm a beginner quilter. I never thought about labeling, even the fleece blankies I've made for family and loved ones. What I do with them is to put an applique on the backside that shows the connection between me and the one the fleece blankie is going to. But now that I'm learning to quilt (and I just love it) and found out about 2 weeks ago that I'm going to be a great-grandmother I will make sure that I label both.
I belong to a buisness networking group and they all hand out business cards every Thursday, which I don't have, so I made a bunch of mug rugs (from your tutorial) and put a label on the back of each with my business information on them. Thanks for all your tutorials. You are a god-send.
Oh, Jenny.... I have never labeled any of my quilts...mostly because I have never learned how to attach one to a quilt... Well... Your story has made me realize how important it is to tell the story of each quilt... So, I promise to learn how to put a label on all of my quilts....and to label them from now on... Thank you for bring there for us.... You are a blessing to everyone....
This story made me cry. I have some old quilts of my mother-in-law's. I don't know when they were made. One is made from tobacco bags. My father-in-law told me that she made it for him during the depression. It is in bad shape but it is special. I wish they were labeled. I have made a few small quilts. I have never labeled any of them but I will from now on. Thank you for your wisdom.
Jenny, you have a wonderful soul, with a big heart and a lot of love to share with whole world.
Thank you, shiny star! Greetings from a quilter from Romania.
Loved that story and the way you are keeping Loddi's memory alive. Great information! I am just beginning a memory quilt to give my dad, made up of his history. I love that I saw this now, so that I can incorporate the story behind it. Thank you
I just love you so much. You've been with me many a day and night during this COVID nightmare. I started making quilts in March and quilting has become a lifesaver for me. I've learned so much from you. This little video made me cry because I just finished a baby quilt for someone I don't know if they will love it and/or appreciate the hours and hours of work I put into it. By labeling it, I feel a bit better about letting it go. I've been thinking how the love, sweat, and tears put into this quilt will hopefully survive me by many years.
Jenny, you are a special person.
What an honor they came to you with their quilts. Thank you for sharing their heartfelt story.
Thank you Jenny. My mother passed two years ago. She used to watch your tutorials all of the time. I have been an avid quilter for a long time and my mother got the quilting bug soon after I did. I miss being able to share our quilts over iPhone video chats. :( This video encourages me to put a label on my creations for my grandbunnies and for whoever I give them to. By the way...my maternal, great grandmother was named Lottie. :) Loved this story.......thank you for being you.
This was the most beautiful, poignant story. Truly sad that the sisters had no living relatives to pass the quilts on to. But your decision to “sign” the quilts with the details of lady who created them was heartfelt and I’m sure a joy for the sisters that their Mothers memory and beautiful creation will never be forgotten.
I have been labeling my quilts as I give them out. I love the look on people's faces when they read the labels. I use my embroidery machine to make the labels and then sew them into the quilt when I put on the binding. Someone will always know who the quilt was made for and by who.
Absolutely great video and So important to label quilts. Did you know that the San Jose Quilt museum has so many absolutely gorgeous heirloom quilts, yet most of them, sadly have NO labels! This really made me determined to always remember to label my pieces carefully.
OMGosh Jenny this little tutorial brought tears to my eyes. What a beautiful story and a wonderful precious gift that has been donated to your library of heirlooms. You are truly an inspirational lady with such amazing grace and kindness. God bless you Jenny. You are beautiful. Lynda :)
Thanks so much, Lynda! Jenny loves hearing how her tutorials help inspire people. We hope you'll stick around for the many videos to come, too!
Love your videos, keep them going. I haven't sewn in forty years, made my first quilt for my son in law for Xmas. It was not my best work and need more information. I have always sewn clothes for daughter and shirts for hubby, but found quilts are much harder for me, but I am hooked.
I am so thankful I can watch you .I love sewing even if I my quilts are not as beautiful as yours ,I get pleasure from trying. Thank you.
Thank you for this. I never have labeled my quilts but I will from now on. You made tears in my eyes. I don't know you but I sure do love you.
Thank you for reminding us of the importance of "signing" our quilts with such a beautiful story! What a joy and an honor to be able to create an heirloom for our family and friends.
Tears welling up in the eyes just like every Tuesday with the quilting stories. Always wonderful stories and tutorials.
This totally made me cry. I am in my 60's and just learning to quilt. I have made 3 but did not label them. I am going back to those quilts and labeling each one with "their story". Thank you Jenny for such a thoughtful and inspiring video.
You are REALLY getting adept at these videos, Jenny. This one is easily one of the most enchanting performances you've ever managed.
I love your videos. I'm making a quilt like the navy and blue sashing with the checkered corners. So 😮 cute. Love it! Thanks again.
Thanks for sharing that wonderful story Jenny. Ernestine and Maxine certainly entrusted their family heirlooms to the right person. Thanks to you, their mom's legacy will be honored by everyone who visits your shop and admires her beautiful quilts.
Thank you for highlighting the importance of labeling quilts! It's lovely to know who has put their time and spirit into those stitches!
I'm sitting here hand binding my first ever quilt, and I stopped to take a break while watching this video. This made me smile, because although I don't feel like there's much of a story to tell, I realize that this quilt may be treasured for years to come...maybe even long after I'm gone. I love feeling like I'm creating something that will be special for years to come. Thank you for being my relentless (unknowing) teacher. You've taught me SO much!
It is sad when people are unable to pass on their family line. That’s so neat that you honored her in such a way. You’re a really neat person Jenny.
Aww, Jenny, you made me cry. Such a bittersweet story.
I will label everything I make from now on. Thank you, Jenny.
As always you are brilliant!
Thank you for this video! As a new quilter I was not sure if I needed to sign my quilt...what a precious story you shared. I just love you and all your stories!
Thank you Jenny for sharing such a heartfelt story about labels. I am one of those that would cherish a quilt I chanced upon. Having the name of the quilter would make the quilt a living legacy to its creator. I will rethink creating labels after your shared thoughts. I tell everyone about MSQC whenever I get the chance.
What a wonderful thing to do! I have a new grandbaby and started a Journal that I write in while I am visiting him!! I have started making small easy quilts and wish I had done that.....BUT I WILL NOW!!!
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH
The journal is a great idea, Connie! Labeling your quilts makes it even more personal, doesn't it?
MissouriQuiltCo where do you find the làbles?
you made me want to go back and label all my quilts before I forget.......loved the story of the quilt behind you
Thank you for this video. I so enjoyed the story of the quilt behind you. Priceless. How wonderful of you to honor this woman's work. I am in the process of making my very first quilt. I will not forget to label it. So that when I am no longer around, my story can be told.
A sad but wonderfully sweet story. Thanks for the info. I've never labeled any of my baby quilts. I will now. I'll use one of the blocks to applique the who, date and where. Thank you for that story and reminder.
Working on my first quilt and will definitely now label it. Thank you so much for this tutorial and story about the women and their mother. How nice of them to share it with you. I hope that I will have a family and children one day who I can share my sewing and crafts with! Thank you so much for all your wonderful videos, you inspired me to start quilting!
You've got a wonderful heart, Jenny! I enjoyed this story. Thanks for sharing.
That is a beautiful story. Thank you for Sharing Jenny. Always label your quilts, someday they may be in a quilt show. Or a great-niece will be telling a story about it, or it will be on a Great-great grandchild's bed, or it may just be hanging in a thrift store and the story will still be imortant.
Oh my Jenny I never thought about the story of a quilt after I am gone! Or even the quilts I have from my family that have been handed down. I will label them all now. Thanks missy your are at true inspiration!!
I can't even see what I am typing here.....tears are just wadding up in my eyes.. What a beautiful story that was.. Jenny you are such a beautiful person. I am going to come to your store one day just to meet you.... I hope its soon.
hugs
Barb
I have not done this before, but from now on, my quilts will be labeled. What a sweet / sad story. Thank you for sharing it.
I can't believe you posted this tutorial!! I spent all day yesterday trying to figure out how to label my quilt and here you are, with a tutorial for me :) Thank you Jenny, and Missouri Quilt. How I wished I lived closer to you. Debbie , Uk x
Thanks for sharing this. I found it so touching and it inspired me to label my mothers quilts and any I get finished. God Bless you Jenny.
Great ideas. I just started quilt making a few years ago and and have been embroidering special little sayings with my name and date. The kids/grandkids all loved the extra touches!!!
Amazing story and you are an amazing person too. Thank you so much for sharing this. I never thought about it, but now I see how important it is.
Greetings from Berlin/Germany
Linda
I never thought of it this way, and your story nearly made me cry. Thank you for sharing with us and going forward my quilts will be labelled!
Thank you for sharing the importance of quilt labels. My husband is always telling me to label my quilts and I usually don't. From now on I will be labeling all of them.
Hi Jenny, I too believe in labeling every quilt I make. Labels add just one more special touch to an already special gift. I hand-embroider my labels onto a piece of fabric that will look good on the back of my quilt, usually using a chain stitch or cross-stitch, and then applique them to the back of the quilt. I have a collection of embroidery alphabet motifs, so I can embellish the label with flowers or animals as well. I include a greeting, such as "Happy Birthday", "Merry Christmas", etc, and I include the name (at least the first name) of the person I made the quilt for, the date I completed the quilt, and my name. When making baby quilts for family members, I always give them the quilt at their baby shower, but then take the quilt back so I can add the label after the baby is born. On the labels for these quilts I include the baby's full name, date of birth, weight, and length. I love your videos and have watched almost all of them. I'm at the point now where I eagerly await each new Friday morning video. You've given me such wonderful ideas for new quilting projects.
Theresa Fanchin q
Lovely, you're always so good Jenny, I loved the story you told today thank you so much
That story was so sad and so beautiful. Even if you have "no one to leave it to" there are plenty of places to donate your family photos, your quilts, even your old dresses, museums love them, historical societies, even your local quilt shop will proudly display your cherished works of love and labor, even if you're "not leaving it to anyone" you'll never be forgotten as long as your memory lives on.
One of your best tutorials yet! Whoever is your camera person is doing a wonderful job!
Quilt labels are a great idea and so easy to do.
Loved you tutorial on Labeling quilts, I to think that it is important to record this information. My 97 year old Mother recently passed away leaving behind many quilts that she made throughout her life, many from the 1930's and 40's. She had given many to her children and Grandchildren. I am in the process of making labels for everyone's quilts telling when and where they were made and who pieced and quilted them. We also have some that have been passed on from previous generations, so I tell who had them originally. I am embroidering the labels on my embroidery machine and then hand stitching them on the back of the quilts.
I love this! I wish my Grandmother had labeled her quilts. I have a pinwheel quilt and a flower applique quilt. The flower applique was my cover from the age of 5 until I went to college. My Great Grandmother and Grandmother pieced the top for the double-wedding ring quilt I have. I had it hand quilted by a textile expert. Despite being in a paper bag for at least 40 years, the white was pristine in the melons. The woman I hired to hand quilt it said there were fabrics from the 1920's through the 1960's. I recognize some of the fabrics coming from clothes my Grandmother made me and my sisters. But the hand quilting did a number on the woman's fingers because there was everything from drapery fabric, men's ties, shirt fabric, and regular cotton. It is among my most prized possessions!
Thank you Jenny for reminding us how important it is to label our quilts. I try to label everyone but there are some that have come and gone from my sewing room without a label, (sigh). I hope to do better in the future. Keep these great video's coming.
Janet
Thanks, Jenny, for all you do!
What an amazing quilt and story to go along with it. I just picked up the panel of labels that you show in your video but they are very modern looking. I intend to write on them with a brown micron pen, then fold edges under, and blind stitch onto the quilt back.
decades ago, a dear veteran friend of my veteran husband was at the VA hospital in bad shape, and while there was given a patchwork quilt by an anonymous woman who made it her purpose in life to make quilts to comfort hospitalized veterans. what a wonderful thing to do.
and the story of this quilt continued. when that veteran friend recovered and went back to his rather transient life, he felt he had no proper place to honor this pastel flowered quilt that had touched his heart, so he gave it to our daughter, just over two years old at the time. she grew up with that quilt, adored that quilt, wouldn't sleep without it.
by the time she was grown the quilt was definately getting thin and ragged from constant wear and hundreds of washings. as she sorted her stuff for college i asked if it was time to maybe throw away that quilt and get a new blanket. she was appalled at the suggestion.
her college years are now also decades ago, and she still has the much loved quilt, now tattered, stained, and threadbare, in her car for camping.
now, as i near the finish of creating my first quilt, i think about how, although the veteran's quilt was not expertly crafted or made with the best of fabrics, the unknown creator would have been so pleased about how just one of her humble quilts had provided so much comfort for so many years. and that knowledge makes me plow through my first quilt ~fearlessly~.
i plan to give it to my daughter, of course.
Just found this video. Thank you. In the past I would make a small lettered cross stitched label for my homemade items, like a quilt or lap robe. These ideas a great time savers.
Love her stories and this one is endearing as well. But then, I love all her videos!
i have just started quilting and found your videos, absolutely brilliant very well explained and clear instructions - thankyou
I love the label on the back of the quilt my grandmother made me. It reminds me of when she gave it to me and it's one of the places that I see regularly a sample of her handwriting.
Thank you for sharing that great story with us, Jenny!
Wow, Jenny, you made me cry! Such a sweet story, those ladies sound precious. Thanks for sharing! I label my quilts, I told my kids it's proof I was here! Lol!
Jenny, I also do ancestry research on my family....building that family tree you see. Your explanation of labeling your quilt was "right on". It's so important to keep the history going. Thank you for sharing. Love your channel. What an inspiration. Dixie from ATL, GA
Thank you for the encouragement to label my quilts.
What a wonderful story! Very emotional to me. Thanks for a great video, for reminding us how important little things are. Thanks!
What a lovely story! Definitely adding labels now, thanks for the tips!
Jenny, I had tears in my eyes with this story. I always sew an embroidered label on my quilts, but those panels are gorgeous!
That was awesome. It really touched me and want to hold on to my babies. My oldest is 9 years old and my youngest is 4. They are all my babies. Thank you
Great story! Sad that they have no blood family, but happy that you have adopted their family. My mother always labeled all her photographs. This reminds me that I want to put a label on the back of a quilt made by my great grandmother. It is nearly 175 years old.
Thank you so much for your story about the importance of labels. Cause I never do label and , and now I will label them 😊
Jenny I love your story about the quilt from the two ladies. that came in and wanted to know if you wanted to buy it. getting the picture of their mother, and putting it up on your bulletin board. as a reminder of who made that quilt is priceless. but even adding a label to the quilt. that was given to you by these two elderly women. with the year that their mother made the quilt is priceless. also I agree with you quilts need to be labeled. with as much information about the occasion. and the person you're giving it to. and the person it's given from. thanks for this tutorial I very much enjoyed it
I loved this story!
Thank you so much for this Jenny, I love it, made me cry. I always think, who will want & cherish my quilts when I am gone as I don't have kids. It's quite sad really, although having kids is no guarantee that they will appreciate them! I never used to put labels on mine, but last year I started to do that & now after watching your video I will endevour to always label them SO THE WORLD CAN KNOW FOR EVER THAT I MADE MY QUILTS!!!! I love the way you say that! God Bless You Jenny, Conchita :-)
Love this story! I am going to be sure to label all my quilts from now on!! Thanks!