http://www.factsfacts.com/quilts/Photographing_Quilts/
http://www.hollyknott.com/stq/index.htm
http://quiltantics.blogspot.com/2007...ng-quilts.html
Here is a start... good info here. I've tried all of the methods you mentioned, I hang mine from a big archway between my LR & DR and use a tripod or something to set the camera on to keep it still and I don't use a flash. Just lighting behind me. I'm pretty amature but it works for me. Good luck.