After surveying my stash I really didn't like the way my purples were playing with each other so I'm I've got one batch of 41 reels in red-browns and another set of reels in sort of gold-browns. I'm going to sew my labels on with a basting stitch as well as preping my fabrics and piecing Margo's way. I hope you all have a lovely day!
~lynn

I'm happy to send FQs for Rosemary and Lorna!

thanks for the idea. I think that i will do what rita surgested. I plan to sew tomorrow and the colours will be blue and yellow.thanks toni.

I have already done mine Margo's way. I printed off 3 columns of names per page on my computer, cut them up and stitched them with my largest machine stitch about 1/8" from the edge. And placed them all around the squares so that they would distribute the bulk. It really didn't take very long and I am happy that it will take a lot more than a stray nail to pull them off. Personally, I would not use freezer paper as I find it comes off too easily. I began to worry about putting sticky labels on because they might come off in the process of sorting or they might stick so fast that they would distort those little seams when trying to pull them off. In the end I chose stitching them because I reckoned it was the least destructive to the spools. Just my opinion ladies, please do whatever suits you. Rita.

I like the freezer paper idea. We know it will peel off the reels without any problems. I would iron the freezer paper on each reel before I stuck my label on it... don't want the ink to get on my iron!

crocus999 wrote:
That's a great idea too. Maybe we could put the adhesive label on the freezer paper after it's been ironed to the fabric so we wouldn't have to write our name over and over.

Thanks, Annis! I do not have what you have mentioned, but will test whatever I use to make sure it can travel, be sorted, and travel back again, without losing it's lable.

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

Scoopie wrote:
3M, Office Depot, Avery, Post-It. I usually get the full sheet labels to print templates on. The packages are quite expensive though so if you don't already have some you probably wouldn't want to use them. The 2x4 mailing labels would be less likely to fall off than the smaller ones.

An idea??? What if we wrote our names etc. on freezer paper and just tapped a bit down with the iron on a strip set to stick it? - then the person just has to peel it off?
Terrie

ajclapp wrote:
I'm not familiar with these "permanent" ones. Could you gives us more information about them, like who makes thems, etc.

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

I'm concerned that the removable ones might fall off in the sorting process. Does anyone object to the permanent ones? They aren't permanent on fabric and stick much better. I've used them for templates and have kept them on my fabric for months without any problems. Some of the fabric fibers may remove with them but the sticky doesn't stay on the fabric.

I like the idea of adhesives lables, also! No more sewing, and then I don't have to unsew later! Actually that's pretty much what I was set up to do!

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

I'm waiting to see if I made it into group B. I hope you like olives and pink cotton candy. I wanted to try a different piecing method so decided to make another set today. Now I just have to decide how I want to make the labels. I like Margo's way but adhesive labels would be faster if you don't mind having them on your block. Then I wouldn't have to do any more sewing. They would need to go on the front as they would pull the threads loose from the back. And I need to find 2 fat quarters. Now to get back to other things.

done I am ready to cut! Thanks for the reminder though!