DIY Custom Sewing Labels (Easy)! ♥ Fleece Fun

These DIY Custom Sewing Labels (easy) are the perfect finishing touch to your handmade project. Made using infusible ink markets they can take a beating in the wash and stay clear and vibrant.

A cinch to make and once you have purchased all the materials the project can be done at a fraction of the cost of professionally designed labels. While I’ve used my Cricut Maker for this project you can easily do this on a Cricut Explore Air 2 or Cricut Joy.

Learn how to make DIY custom sewing labels with this fleecefun free template and tutorial

YOU WILL NEED:

Cricut Machine
Cricut Access or graphics for your labels
1- 2 inch wide satin ribbon (the ribbon must be satin – mostly polyester- so it can take the sublimation)
Cricut EasyPress 2
EasyPress Mat
Infusible Ink Pens
Laser Printer Paper
Light Grip Mat
Heat Resistant Tape
Piece of Baking Parchment
Lint Roller

You can make these DIY Custom Sewing Labels. You can make cute, washable labels that are the perfect finishing touch to your handmade project.

DIY Custom Sewing Labels (easy) Instructions:

Step 1 – Choose the Best Graphics for Your Handmade Sewing Labels

Since we’re using pens for the labels you need to make sure that the graphics.

You can take a look at the file that I have set up or you can use your own graphics. But you need to be mindful about what you choose. It needs to work with a pen and look good small (you don’t want lines blurring into each other).

Selecting the perfect graphics for DIY sewing labels with fleecefun free template and tutorial

Finding a Graphic in Cricut Access is easy. I searched “Hand Made” and found this. Perfect for a gift label. (You can upload your own custom graphics to Design Space too!)

The graphic as is won’t work. I need to select the graphic then got to Operation >> then click on pen. This then makes the graphic a pen outline. It looks good and clean to me so now all I need to do is size it.

Picking the right design elements for handmade fabric labels using fleecefun free template

Since I’m using 1.5 inch wide ribbon I want the graphics to be smaller than that so by dragging the corner button of the two arrows pointing away from each other I resize it so it will fit.

Step 2 – Make the Transfer Sheet for the Sewing Labels

Now I’m ready to write the labels I make sure to mirror the image so it will transfer correctly to my custom sewing labels.

With an infusible ink pen and laser printer paper on a Light Grip Mat I let the Cricut machine work it’s magic.

Print high-quality transfer sheets for custom sewing tags using fleecefun free tutorial

(It’s a much neater writer than me).

Step 3 – Transfer the Images to the DIY Custom Sewing Labels

Now that I have my labels all written out it’s time for infusible ink magic!

I cut a strip of ribbon (about 4 inches long) and give it a quick swipe with a lint roller. Then I place one of my graphics toward the top of the ribbon. The spacing is important so you have enough room to fold over the ribbon, and space to sew the top to an item.