| =============================== HOMEMADE LABELS / HANGTAGS =============================== If you have an ink jet printer, not a lazer, these labels will work. Please do not try this with a lazer printer, it will not work. o Find or design a label you like. o You'll need some: * Very thin white or off white cotton fabric or muslin * Freezer paper The shiny side of the freezer paper will adhere to the fabric. o Make both the sheet of freezer paper and the fabric larger than 8X11". Iron the material to the shiny side of the freezer paper using the cotton setting. o After you have adhered the fabric to the freezer paper, cut to 8X11". o Follow your printers instructions as to inserting the paper into your printer. Print your own fabric labels. o After you have printed the labels you can easily remove the freezer paper and have custom printed lables. Debbie -------------- Use the paper available for making t-shirt transfers. You'll need a program that can "mirror image" what you are printing. Then iron the label information onto cloth or ribbon of your choice. -------------- Did you know you could take a typewriter, yes, that is nearly the same as a keyboard without a computer attached. Roll that cotton material into it and type up what you want on your label. (No fancy fonts though). Iron it, spray it with clear gloss, and instant label. Just in case you don't have a computer. -------------- I do make labels or tags for my rugs. People like to know about you, the weaver, your workplace, your looms, the material you use, etc. A name, mine are Encampment River Pebble Rugs. That is eye catching, is worth money. A short history of the above gives folks something to talk about, conversation piece to go with the rug. They are attached with a removeable string at one corner of the rug, and are left where people can easily see and read them. Did not learn this on my own, I had only a pricetag on them originally. A business meeting with a highly motivational speaker who enforced sell yourself, over and over. Had nothing to lose, so sat down at the computer and worked up the tags. Font can be small. Hated to admit it, but at the next show, sales doubled. Now people ask, and I love it. Carol Lee -------------- I print labels with my computer. I use heavy paper that will go through the printer and attach them with a quilt tacker gadget. This way I can put all the information about the item on there from the fibers to my name to how to clean it. I print about 8-12 to a page depending on the amount of information and then cut them out with a paper cutter. A quilt tacker is a gun that shoots those thin plastic things like they use to attach price tags on your garments in stores. The gun and tacks can be found in the fabric department at x-Mart, xxx-Mart, or if there is a quilt shop in your area, they'd surely have it. It is definitely fast for attaching tags to the hand wovens, and can even be aimed through the weave so it won't pierce a thread. Lynne in Maine -------------- I used to color copy the rugs, iron the piece of copy to a card with stitch wichery. That made it pretty and more heavy duty. ReNee Page -------------- I opted for a fold over pricetag/label/washing instruction type. Front side has my businessname, contact info and all that. When you open it I have warp name and size and price on the inner left hand side. The price is written on a little self glued tag. So it can be removed if it is a gift. On the inner right hand side I staple a piece or pieces of whatever I used to weave the rug. You would be amazed how many people are fascinated by that :-)! Once they grasp the concept they have to check out a bunch of rugs just to see how a certain fabric looks in a rug. Back side has my suggested washing instructions. I can fit 4 to a regular card stock sheet of paper (8 1/2" x 11"). Punch a hole in the upper left hand corner after it is folded, a string through, make one knot near the card and use the rest to tie onto the corner of the rug. Birgitta -------------- Clear gloss can be found in the paint dept or in art stores where it can be had for "fixing" charcoal drawings so they won't smear. Should work well for inkjet. Alice in MO -------------- You are spending the time and money to print your tags nicely on your ink jet printer. Why not use a commercial printer who will do volume printing on whatever paper you want with ink that won't run when wet. For a care card, you could do one for cotton, one for wool, etc. on the same sheet even double sided. The printer would even do the hole punching and cutting. Good heavy card stock will last. I do my brochure with photos, they do the printing on heavy stock and trifold it for $65 per thousand copies, i.e. 6.5¢ each. I put enough space for note taking, measurements taken, info needed from the customer, etc. For price tags I am getting a variation of my business card with item information space done on the back. Now I am spending less time getting ready for shows. Walt T. -------------- |
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| I do make labels or tags for my rugs. People like to know about you, the weaver, your workplace, your looms, the material you use, etc... |
| I staple a piece of whatever I used to weave the rug. You would be amazed how many people are fascinated by that :-) |
| Why not use a commercial printer who will do volume printing on whatever paper you want with ink that won't run.) |