Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Make your own EASY sew in clothing labels tutorial

When I dreamed this up yesterday I was amazed while making it how seriously stupid easy it was.
I will be using this method in the meantime while I build my business and can one day afford a higher quality AKA paid for label.

For my labels I used :
1/4 a yard of muslin
2 pieces of Light Fabric Transfer Paper
My printer (inkjet of course)
my iron
a pair of regular scissors
a pair of pinking shears scissors
Your microsoft word program


My wrinkled muslin piece LOL


Iron your muslin piece




Okay now you need to print your simple text pieces. What I did was open microsoft office and type out peaceloveowls.com I picked it a cutesy font. I then copy and pasted said line of word 30 times on my page.
THEN I hit print and my print box opened up . I went to properties in my print box and went to advanced. Where I then picked mirror and clicked that box. I then hit print x 2.

(remember to go back in and unclick the print box or everything you print will be backwards LOL . oops my bad)

Now trim the edges of your paper. Lay your transfer paper words side down on the fabric.


Iron away. Iron Iron IRON.


See ironed down. Important. Let it cool off before you peel. LET IT COOL DOWN!!!or you will gimp your stuff up.

After it is cool peel the backing away slowly from each edge.

What your labels should look like after peeling the backing off.
Get your pinking shears out.

Using the pinking shears cut down the middle.


Cut around the sides as well. Then clip slowly each line of text off. Making small rectangular shapes of fabric. With pretty sides. :)

There you have it.Pretty labels that are simple and easy to use for your clothing or any crafty product you may make.

Thanks for stopping by to check out our easy peasy clothing label tutorial. Pass it on ~ Mama Kat

5 comments:

  1. I really like how simple this is and they look good. May I ask how you attach them to your project? I'm thinking it could be done just by tacking the short ends, but then again, maybe it needs stitched all the way around. Hugs

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    1. I was thinking of stitching all the way around :) I havent used one yet. Ill let ya'll know how it goes.

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  2. do you know if it holds up in the wash? i would like to use this for quilts.....
    thanks

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  3. Hi there,
    Thanks for the info! I cannot wait to try. Just one quick question; On my print properties, when I go to advancede, I cannot find the "mirror" button anywhere. Can you please tell me exactly what you mean by mirror?
    Thanks!!
    Mariela

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  4. ARE YOU GOING TO ANSWER THE ABOVE QUESTION ABOUT "MIRROR"?

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