How to Tattoo Your Quilt
Add a message right into your quilt
A Quilt Tattoo® lets you add words, names, dates, sayings, and personal messages directly into your quilt—beyond a traditional quilt label.
When I'm piecing together the top of a quilt, I'm usually musing about all the things I want to say to the recipient. Quilt Tattoo® gives me a way to stitch at least one of those thoughts right into the quilt itself.
Here's how I do it.
I start by cutting long strips of letters (or drawings or sayings!) so they are easily cut into individual letters. 
From there, the pieces are ready to be sewn together (I usually double check my spelling about a thousand times). Each piece has a quarter inch seam allowance on the right and left of the letter/illustration. You can use a smaller seam allowance to put more space between letters. You also have plenty of unprinted areas on the sheet that you can use for spacing between words.
For the height of the Quilt Tattoo®: after piecing together the letters and illustrations, you can cut the height (off the top and bottom) to match the seam allowance you want.
And then you're ready to insert your Quilt Tattoo® into the backing fabric. I use a yardstick to mark a random angled line, piece the tattoo into that cutline and then move on to quilting the project.
Have fun! While a Quilt Tattoo® is meant to be as permanent as a skin tattoo, there's always another quilt to make and another fun message you can leave.
Ready to add your own message?
Shop Quilt Tattoo® letters, numbers, sayings, and illustrations and make the message part of your quilt.
