quilt labels

[SewSew]

When I finished with the binding on my scrap quilt my daughter wanted to start using it immediately, I told her it was not finished because it did not have a label. She asked why does it need a label, I know that you made it so what's the point. I told her that one day she may want to give it to her children or a neice and they in turn may want to give it to someone else. How would any of these people know who made it, where it was made and when it was made? She smiled and said, "Okay, put a label on it so I can use it now".

I had never labeled my quilts either but as I get older and I look at the quilts that my mother made without a label I begin to think of other generations and what we owe them about their ancestors. I have decided to label the ones my mother made for my daughters. I may not remember exactly when they were made but at least I know who and where and an approximate date.

[cindyg]

I wish I could find the mag article about labelling your quilt. They want us to label because the nat'l. quilt society (or whatever their name is) has quilts that are 150 - 200 yrs. old and they have no idea who made them or where they were made. They are also wanting us to name our quilts. So the label is, according to them, suppose to have the quilt's name, made for (whoever), made by (you), completed (date), and what city & state you live in. You can also add what the occassion is like a wedding or birth. All this so that when we've been dead for 150 years someone will know who made the quilt and where. I wonder if people will still be interested in quilts by then. I think so. I HOPE so.