This is a sheet of labels I made using my scrapbooking software and printed on my inkjet printer.
First I cut and 8 1/2 x 11" sheet of freezer paper and another of musline (same size). Ironed the fabric to the shiny side of the freezer paper. Mke sure you load it into your printer the right way - so it prints on the correct side. And print away and heat set with an iron. Works differently with different printers.
Problem... 2 days later when I pulled them out at the quilt shop to ask the best method to put them on the quilt (fusible web, applique, etc.) I noticed that they were already fading. The wonderful lady at the store (who is always happy and generous with help and information) said it would wash away soon anyway; even with the heat setting.
I was bummed because my handwriting stinks - in fact the harder I try the sloppier it gets. Artheritis makesit difficult.
Solution... the lady at te store (I've really got to learn her name) said she has the same problem so he prints the labels and then just writes over the print and recolors the designs with pigma pens.YAY! I happen to have a small set of colored pigma pens because the star blocks I did for the veterans' quilt required signing with a brown pigma and I could only get the brown in a set. Definately going to give that a try.
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