Thanks for the input. I am worried about the middle of the quilt sagging once it is hung and thats why someone suggested using monofilament line sewn around the pvc or dowel with a curved needle to help support it at this point. This line would then be attached further up the wall to an eye bolt already in place. This quilt will hang in the sanctuary and to the right of the altar. That fact alone blows me away because we figured it would be in the parish hall not the church itself. How big a piece of pipe or dowell is sufficient to hold it up? Meaning what diameter?