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We always talk about the importance of labeling our quilts (and other textiles). Sometimes we need to be reminded. Here is one of these reminders from a curator at the DAR Museum using just a touch of humor.
 
From the Museum's Facebook page:
 

A note from curators past, present, and future: If your name is Jane Smith, and you want to be remembered by posterity, please identify yourself with additional information like location and date of birth. We do love your comparing a sampler to an elegant mind, but we wish we knew who you were. #Needleworkmystery #JaneSmith

(photo: DAR museum)

 
The Quilt Alliance also wants to make sure you label your quilts and has created a StoryPatches Labeling Kit. Their labels allow you to:
Connect your voice, videos or photos to your quilt through the code on your label.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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#1 Pat Rosenthal 2018-07-30 15:55
Of course I put a label with the quilt’s name, pieced/appliqué d/ embroidered/ (whatever fits) by Pat Rosenthal., quilted by Pat or whoever did the job, my city, state, date completed AND my code number. I started keeping this series number after a visit to a Bath, England quilt shop. There a clerk insisted I not only put my name and date completed on the label but “ my log number”: She said if I made more than 3 quilts per year, in 10 years I wouldn’t remember 1/4 of them. I have kept a log since my first completed quilt in 2000. I list by number the quilt name, date, completed, size, where it was sold/ donated/ or to whom it was given and any prize it may have won. My most recent quilt is # 2018-15-409 ! Yep! I quilt every day. Only 4 giant king sized quilts were sent out to a long-armer to quilt. After all my practice I am pretty good at free motion quilting on my Bernina.
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