Monday 3 September 2007

Quilt labels

Usually I just embroider my initials and the year into the binding of a quilt, but for a few special quilts I have printed labels onto special printable fabric and sewn them to the back of the quilt.

I made a family quilt with a square for each family member, and the label identifies each square and the reason for the design of that person's block:
Another one is a quilt for an EB friend who lost her son. His favourite poem was The Owl and the Pussycat, so the label has the illustration, a message and the words of the poem:
The other 'proper' label was another quilt for an EB friend who lost her twins, and the quilt was from our parents' group:

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