A toe hanger is a quilt that is hand quilted, but the stitches are so long that you can get your toe hung in them.... actually look basted, not quilted.
I belonged to a very small guild (only around 10-12 ladies) and we went on a "field trip" to Branson. We were examining some of the quilts and even though we were speaking softly among ourselves, we were asked to leave when our comments got a touch critical. Like pointing out that the quilts marked "hand made" were in fact stitched on machine.
We were told that people ran the machines by hand not automated and that made them "hand made". Sales clerk should not have been evesdropping, I guess.. there were other quilts there that we had been quite complimentary about..