Name Tags I made for My Knitting Group and a Few Quilters too

A few years ago I made name tags for the stitching group I belong to (mostly knitters). As with most groups, we gained some new people to the group and some of the other women who used to come had moved away or stopped coming. The new ladies asked about the name tags they saw some of the other women wearing, and was told that I made them.

I wanted to make sure that these women would continue to come to the group before I made more name tags, because the first group of name tags I made, 2 of the ladies never came back and never got those name tags at all, so I didn't want to take the time and make them if they never returned. Since they inquired again about the name tags, I wrote down their names and decided I would make them name tags and while I was at it, I made myself a new name tag and I made some for a couple of my quilt friends too.

Here are the name tags I made. They are a necklace style with a pocket to hold your glasses or knitting tools like stitch markers or a cable needle, or a pen and a small pad of paper. I gave these out to the women a couple of months ago, except for 2 who weren't at the meeting.

This is my name tag.

I used double stacked buttons to attach the neck strap.

Tara is not part of the knitting group I belong to, even though she is a knitter, but is my friend from a quilt group we belong to. I added the Day of the Dead buttons on hers because she likes and buys fabric with that motif, but she took the buttons off for some reason. Had I known she would take the buttons off, I would have used other buttons. Oh well, it's her name tag and she has to be happy with it. I know she likes the name tag and has been wearing it.

I made Teri a name tag when I made the original name tags years ago, but I spelled her name incorrectly with 2 "r's" instead of one "r". So since I was making name tags already, I decided to make her a new one with her name spelled correctly. Even though Teri said she loved her name tag, I know only too well how people misspell my name all the time by spelling it with 2 "r's" instead of one "r' too. She wasn't at the meeting when I gave out the other name tags, so I hope she shows up in December.

I made this for my quilting friend who is a long arm quilter. We had a craft show at her home last week and I gave this to her a few weeks before we had the show. She said she loved it and really needed a name tag, but never got around to making one for herself. So I was glad it was a nice and useful gift to give her.

Helen wasn't at the meeting when I gave the others their name tags, so I hope she and Teri come to the December meeting.

I decided to make this name tag for a women in my quilt group who moved to another state. We all gave her batik fabrics (her favorite fabric and mine too), but I decided to make her a name tag in batik fabrics too (all these name tags were made using batik fabrics). I figured she would be joining a new quilt group where she moved to and might want a new name tag.

To show you the pocket from above.

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More Name Tags with Pockets

I made a few more name tags for my knitting group, including one for myself. I gave out a couple of the name tags on Saturday. I still have a few for some of the women who haven't come to the group in a few months. I really find the pockets so handy for all those little tools that I use while knitting, such as stitch markers, measuring tape, scissors, stitch holders, tapestry needle, etc.

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Fabric Name Tag Pockets

My knitting/stitch club met on Valentine's Day and I decided to make them all name tags that had a pocket to hold little tools like stitch markers, a measuring tape, a pen, or whatever they want to put into the pocket to keep close at hand while knitting or crocheting. I made 13 name tags. Not everyone showed up, so I will be giving the remaining name tags when I see them again and making a couple more for the women I forgot. One woman was new to our group and I wasn't sure if she was coming back, but she did so I will make her one for next month's meeting.

I wrote their names in different fonts and used a few different decorative stitches on my sewing machine to stitch the hearts in place. I used only scraps so the colors and name tags are all varied too. Some of the buttons I stacked and some I used heart buttons to hold the strap in place.

Here are 6 names tags.

Here are 7 more name tags.

My only goof on Teri's name is that I spelled her name with 2 "r's", when she spells her name with only one "r". Oh well. I might need to make a do-over.

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