Fabric Labels - how to

I stamp my own label for 2 reasons mainly;

1. It is too costly too order fancy labels here in Japan and

2. I love stamping my own labels, it hardly takes more than 10 minutes to stamp, cut and store about 50 labels..

I'd like to show you how I do it..

Here's what you'll need

1. Ink - make sure you have ink suitable for fabrics, I use Versa Craft and so far I have not come across incidents of the ink running or fading with wash or exposure to sun 

2. Tape - decide on the width you need, mine is 12mm

4. Stamp - you can carve it yourself (here) or have it custome made (here) or like me just buy the rubber alphabets, arrange them and paste them on the mounting block.

(You need to make sure that your stamp will fit your tape's width)

5. Start stamping away, leave spaces in-between for cutting, folding and sewing 

Once you have the ammount you need, stop.. admire *grin*

Cut and store - I put mine in a tin box.

Ready for use

There are also some other methods to make your own labels - Laurraine from Patchwork Pottery shows us how here and another similar one could be found here.

So..how do you label your work..??

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