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Question for the week of August 3, 1998:
Our question this week comes from Kristine
Is it possible to hang a quilt on the wall without using visible hangers
or dowels?
ME Canitz :
Yes! I have used small plastic rings
that I have hand sewn at the top of the
quilt, spaced a few inches apart. I
then string a thin rod through the rings
and lay rod across two nails.
Kate :
For very large quilts, I use the rods from closets. Any large hardware store sells the "rods" and the hardware to install them. These are sturdy and will support a heavy quilt.To display several quilts, fold them over the closet rod.
joan nicely :
You may use "fun tak" , a product that
is available at any craft store.
Debra :
For small quilts I use cafe curtain rods.
I make a sleeve on the back and end it about an inch from each edge. Then I mount the brackets so they will be under the back of the quilt and when the quilt hangs on the wall it appears to be right on the wall.
Joan Welty :
Hi! I have printed all
of the Pattern of the Month
but am miss the month
of June. It is not in. Do
you have it?
Thanks, Joan
ann :
When I was in college I hung a large
quilt on the wall to help cut down on noise.
I was fortunate enough that my building had
picture moldings. I bought molding hooks
and put a large black clip on each one.
These are the kind of clips you would use on
a thick stack of paper. I simply clipped them
to the quilt. Not especially aesthetically
pleasing, but it was functional. It probably wasn't
good for the quilt for a long period of time, but you
could add padding to the clips. If you don't have a
picture molding you could hang the clips with nails.
Katy Padon :
If it is a very small, light wallhanging,
you can hand-sew small loops of thread to
the back and suspend these from small
finishing nails (or used sewing machine
needles). I have used this method for
a 18-inch square wallhanging. I do think
that larger items need support across the
entire width.
Cathy :
Try tacking some hook and loop tape to the back of the quilt. Attach the rough side of the tape to a flat piece of lattice wood.
The wood should be smaller than the width of the quilt. Attach the lattice to the wall with small nails or screws. If its a larger
quilt, do the same to the bottom so it will hang flat.
Odd :
Yes.
heidi engesbak :
yes, of course!
Jennifer :
I've seen it demonstrated in a magazine once. Instead of making one hanging sleeve that is the width of the quilt, you make two sleeves: Make each one long enough so that when they're sewn onto the quilt, there is a gap in the middle. The gap needs to be wide enough to accomodate one of those saw-edged picture hangers that you often see on the back of picture frames. If your quilt is as long as or shorter than a yard stick, use the yard stick (cut down if necessary) to be the piece of wood that you'll slide through the sleeves. If the quilt is longer, you'll need to find a long, thin, but sturdy piece of wood. Attach the picture hanger to the yard stick in the spot where it's exposed by the gap between the sleeves, and you should be able to hang the quilt without anything being seen. Of course, it your quilt is really big, you may need to make more than two sleeves so you'll have more than one gap so you can accomodate more than one picture hanger. Confused thoroughly? Well, you can email me if you have questions. I'll try to find that magazine the instructions were in and explain further. bjaddress@hotmail.com
Tori :
I make a sleeve for the back, an inch or so narrower than the wallhanging or quilt. I put a wooden slat of wood, slightly longer than the sleeve length, in the sleeve and drill two holes for nails to run through at either end. Nails, obviously, go in the wall. I like this method because it supports the quilt over the entire width and does not show from the front.
room19@earthlink.com :
I hung a wall quilt with straight pins at
about 6 inch intervals. When you take
the quilt down the small holes do not show.
The pins came out of my pincushion.
Laura :
I use masking tape. I roll the masking tape so that it forms a continuous loop (sticky on all sides). Then stick it to the back of my quilt. It lasts long enough for seasonal wall hangings.... I stick it on the corners and down the sides. Works great!
Rhonda S :
What I have used to hang a quilt on the wall without using hangers or dowels is a valance rod. You can get it in various widths and lengths and providing you make the sleeve on the back of the quilt large enough for the rod, you can hang just about any size of quilt. If for some reason you end up with a sleeve that is smaller then the rod, take some paper clips and turn them into a hook and with clips attached to the top of the quilt, hang from the paper clips. The amount of paper clips/clips depends on how big your quilt is. Hope this helps.
Qpierce@aol.com :
I have used thumbtacks. You can even find color coordinating ones
lheinric@chapman.edu :
If it's a "wall-sized" quilt, you can use a piece
of lathe/molding about 1" wide and 1/4" thick. Make
your hanging sleeve end about 1" to 1-1/2" short of
the ends of the quilt (i.e., a 33" sleeve centered on a
36" quilt). Drill holes in the top half of the lathe
about an inch from each end and use finishing nails
to hang the lathe on the wall. My husband did this
for a small quilt I made and it hangs nice and flat
without any "visible means of support".
JANLOUGH :
a friend of mine used velcro tabs, evenly distributed across the back and equally on the wall
rroberts@seekersoft.com :
I have, I use safety pins on the top back, about
2 inches below the top, spaced about every foot or so. Then
just hang the safety pin on a nail. It may not be quilt council approved,
but it works!
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