When I was designing my bunting, aprons, bags and even my curtains, I decided I wanted to create some labels for my products. I decided on a standard sew-on label with the brand name and a label to sew into seams with my little bunting bird on it.
Here is a step by step guide on how to make them!
1. First of all design your labels on either a graphics package if you want something complicated, or Word will do for something simple. When it comes to printing the design out on transfer paper (you can use a domestic inkjet printer) make sure you flip the design so it is backwards, otherwise when you iron it onto the fabric, it will be back to front!
2. I decided to use a mixture of cotton calico and grosgrain tape for texture to print my labels onto. For the tape, cut the labels into strips the same width as the ribbon using a ruler and pen-knife.
3. When you are ironing the transfer onto your fabric, use a board underneath as the sticky glue can get transferred to your ironing board, not a great look on your very expensive silk top!
4. When you are transferring, make sure that you hold the iron on for long enough, as if it is too cool, the transfer can lift off, like the example at the bottom. However don't leave the iron on for too long or it will burn. It's a very exact science obviously, but you'll get there with practice!
5. These labels are ironed onto calico, and as a result you can use up little scraps to make these. I used dressmaking shears to cut the lengths of the label and then used pinking shears for the ends, to stop the fraying.
6. The finished labels! I made sure that I left enough space either end of the designs on the labels so you have enough space to sew them on to whatever you want to embellish or put your own special stamp on.
6. I liked the mixture of vintage calico and pure white grosgrain trim, it gives you a choice of colours to match to your fabric of choice.
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