The perfect finishing touch— this craft idea creates sewn custom tags for your homemade clothing.
Materials
- Solid colored fabric scraps
- Standard sewing supplies
- Sewing machine
- Iron
- Acrylic paint with textile medium or fabric paint
- Choice of small stamp
- Foam brush
Instructions
- Cut several long strips of fabric. Serge or zigzag stitch along each side.
- Cut the sewn fabric strips into 3- to 4-in. segments. Fold in half and iron in place forming a tag.
- Using an acrylic paint with textile medium or fabric paint and foam brush, apply a thin layer of paint to stamp surface. Press stamp design onto fabric tag. Let paint dry for at least a day. Then apply heat with an iron to set.
- Sew tag base into clothing.
Personalized Clothing Labels craft idea c/o Country Woman’s featured blogger Delia of Delia Creates.
To read more about Delia’s craft ideas and her blog, check out our blog and craft spotlight.
Do you make personalised labels such as “by the hand of Lorraine Hill” and/or do you know where I might purchase such a thing?
Lorraine, we don’t — but try Googling “labels for crafters” or “personalized labels” and you should be able to find some ideas.