Not too long ago,
Pat Sloan (the favorite designer of many of us quilting bloggers) had a virtual retreat for label-making. It was terrific to come away from that weekend with so many finished labels....ready for me to write on them and put them on quilts as soon as I finished a quilted piece. The little neighborhood quilting group we have was impressed with those labels. Since I have a good supply of stamps, fabric markers, brushes, and paints, we met here today for our own label-making session. These are photos of some of our fun today. First, we see Linda looking for just the right stamp for her first label.
Next we have Joann, busy as a beaver, working on one of her labels. She went right to work and had a lot of fun doing this. I'm sure some of her labels will find themselves on quilted things she makes for her two-year-old granddaughter.
Linda, Sherry and Joann concentrating on their work here. (Somehow I didn't get a photo of Kaye hard at work....I think she was washing off her stamps when I took this picture.)
I guess each gal made an average of 5 or 6 labels. Of course, I didn't think to take a photo of ALL of them, so I had to take one after they left of just a few that were still drying here...click to enlarge the photo... (top to bottom, left to right....holly leaves and berries, strawberries, a quilting lady done with markers, a snowman, a snowflake, shamrocks, and a pumpkin & kitty). Once they all dry, they will be finished in a variety of ways....some with borders.....some will be "pillowcased". I showed them some of the ideas we got at Pat S's "retreat" and they liked a lot of what they heard. They especially like the idea of having a supply of ready-made labels available to them at all times. We will get together to do this again in the future, I'm sure.
And....of course.....our sewing group get-togethers include some kind of food-sharing. Sometimes it's lunch and today it was a few little pastries, coffee, and tea. Above are Kaye, Linda, Sherry, and Joann. We missed our other girl, Ann, who is dealing with some chronic health issues right now and we hope she is back with us soon.
Not too long ago, Pat Sloan (the favorite designer of many of us quilting bloggers) had a virtual retreat for label-making. It was terrific to come away from that weekend with so many finished labels....ready for me to write on them and put them on quilts as soon as I finished a quilted piece. The little neighborhood quilting group we have was impressed with those labels. Since I have a good supply of stamps, fabric markers, brushes, and paints, we met here today for our own label-making session. These are photos of some of our fun today. First, we see Linda looking for just the right stamp for her first label.
Next we have Joann, busy as a beaver, working on one of her labels. She went right to work and had a lot of fun doing this. I'm sure some of her labels will find themselves on quilted things she makes for her two-year-old granddaughter.
Linda, Sherry and Joann concentrating on their work here. (Somehow I didn't get a photo of Kaye hard at work....I think she was washing off her stamps when I took this picture.)
I guess each gal made an average of 5 or 6 labels. Of course, I didn't think to take a photo of ALL of them, so I had to take one after they left of just a few that were still drying here...click to enlarge the photo... (top to bottom, left to right....holly leaves and berries, strawberries, a quilting lady done with markers, a snowman, a snowflake, shamrocks, and a pumpkin & kitty). Once they all dry, they will be finished in a variety of ways....some with borders.....some will be "pillowcased". I showed them some of the ideas we got at Pat S's "retreat" and they liked a lot of what they heard. They especially like the idea of having a supply of ready-made labels available to them at all times. We will get together to do this again in the future, I'm sure.
And....of course.....our sewing group get-togethers include some kind of food-sharing. Sometimes it's lunch and today it was a few little pastries, coffee, and tea. Above are Kaye, Linda, Sherry, and Joann. We missed our other girl, Ann, who is dealing with some chronic health issues right now and we hope she is back with us soon.
