Hi everyone!
If you’re joining us in the Scheepjes CAL 2014, and have purchased an official Scheepjes yarn kit, you might have found an official Scheepjes fabric label in the kit. We put those in the kits for you to sew onto your finished blanket. Fun, right?
Wanna know what’s even more fun? Making your own label! :D You can customize it any way you want; you can add your own name, or the name of the person you made the blanket for, your logo if you have one – the sky is the limit!
How to make your own fabric label
What do you need?
– t-shirt transfer paper
– bias binding in a neutral colour
– an iron and an ironing board
– a pencil, a ruler, and scissors
Measure the size of your bias binding, and create a document on your computer that has the same height. Once you’re satisfied with your design, print it out on the transfer paper. Be careful: you have to print it as a mirror image! :)
Once you have your labels printed, cut them out.
Cut a length of bias binding. I wasn’t sure what colour I wanted to use, so I cut 2 strips. And I totally wish I had used white binding, but apparently I never felt the need to buy it since all I had were these colours! :P
It’s easier to apply the transfer to your binding if the strips are nice and flat, so take out your iron and iron those strips! :)
Put your transfer paper image side down on top of your binding. (note: make sure they don’t extend past the strips, like mine do. If you iron them like this, the paper will get stuck to your ironing board…)
Follow the instructions of your transfer paper to see how long you have to iron it. I ironed mine for about 20 seconds using a circular motion.
Let your strip cool off a bit before you peel off the transfer paper. You should be able to peel it right off. If it sticks to your binding, iron it a bit more.
Cut the sides to make them nice and neat, then fold them in half.
And there you go! Front and back; you’ve made your own fabric label! :)
I’m not sure which 2 labels I’ll stitch onto my blanket after tomorrow’s pattern release; which ones do you think look good together? I like the two at the top! :)
xo,
wink

December 18, 2014 at 7:34 pm
Love it!! Thank you for sharing! I like the two top too.
December 18, 2014 at 7:35 pm
Superleuk idee!
December 18, 2014 at 7:37 pm
Natuurlijk zie ik enkel die kleurtjes van je deken, maar het zelfgemaakte groene vind ik ook heel mooi!
December 18, 2014 at 7:44 pm
top 2, or bottom 2
These are great!
Thank you for sharing this idea also. Being a new “Oma”, I can tag my hand made items!
December 18, 2014 at 8:02 pm
Ja, ik vind de twee bovenste ook het leukst :)
Nog eens bedankt voor de super leuke CAL hè.
Groetjes Ilse Verhoeven
December 18, 2014 at 8:06 pm
Great idea. I can’t wait to try it. Thank you!
December 18, 2014 at 8:57 pm
Bij mij winnen de onderste 2 met het groen er in. En dankje voor de tutorial; ik ga hem pinnen!
December 18, 2014 at 9:07 pm
Yep. Top 2 :) Thanks for this. I was about to order a load :) Now i don’t have to. Just have to source all the material. :)
December 18, 2014 at 10:35 pm
Thank you for such a great idea! I’ve seen many tutorials for making your own labels bu they have all been expensive or take too long. I can actually do this one, and I know exactly where to buy everything!! :)
December 18, 2014 at 11:14 pm
Leuk hoor! Ziet er ook zo lekker vrolijk uit! Welk lettertype heb je gebruikt voor acreativebeing?
December 18, 2014 at 11:19 pm
Thanks! :) Maar dat is geen lettertype, dat is mijn logo ;)
December 18, 2014 at 11:45 pm
Love the idea. I make so many things for gifts, now I can make my own labels. I like all of the labels….sorry….I just cannot pick two of them!
December 19, 2014 at 2:02 am
Hi Wink! Was wondering did you use laser or inkjet…or does it matter? Thanks for the awesome tutorial..My favorite it the brown one :-)
December 19, 2014 at 12:39 pm
Echt slim. Dank je voor de tutorial.
Groetjes, Margaret
December 19, 2014 at 1:46 pm
My favs are the green and black.
December 19, 2014 at 5:27 pm
Goed idee zeg! Ga ik zeker eens doen.
December 21, 2014 at 2:17 pm
What a fantastic tutorial! Thanks so much for sharing!
Kate :}
December 24, 2014 at 2:43 am
That was helpful! Thanks!
December 28, 2014 at 11:36 pm
I’ve printed on bias binding and ribbon directly by sticking to appear with double sided tape and then peeling off after- that was for scrapbook ing though. Do you think it would work for washable items? Does printer ink wash off? Any one tested it?
December 29, 2014 at 9:17 am
I think that the 2 on top look and will look the best with all fabrics.
March 23, 2015 at 6:48 am
It’s a great idea!
Have you heard of Spoonflower? They print fabric with any design you want. I printed my repeated logo in a yard of fabric & now I just have to cut it & sew it. And sometimes they offer free shipping to anywhere in the world.