I inherited a stack of quilts from my husband's family, and unfortunately none of the quilts have labels. I had one of these family quilts appraised and it was assumed to be made approximately 1900, but I don't know who made it. This reeaaaally bothers me - us quilters know how much love and effort goes into making a quilt!
It would be so nice to keep this information permanently with the quilt, for all generations. I have told myself that I will always send a quilt out the door with a label, but have not been 100% successful, probably not 50% successful.
I thought I found a solution... I planned on blogging about it here... until I tried washing the label and the ink faded. I heat-set the ink, too. It may be my ink cartridge, and I would be willing to purchase a different type if that would set it permanently.
How do you label your quilts? Do you label them? I'd love to hear your method. Thanks!
