jdavis

I have not entered many shows, but in my area the shows have gone to using skirt hangers along the full width of the quilt. Setup and tear down of the shows is somewhat faster this way. Some shows will employ the sleeve if the quilt has one.
My old-fashioned DH doesn't see quilts as art, so I only have one item hanging (see photo). I swap out something different for Christmas, and if I get something else done for other seasons, I will try to make them the same width as this.
I didn't want the quilt hanging a mile out from the wall; and I didn't want the rod to show. So this is how I handled it: The shelf has a back board on it. I bought the smallest diameter curtain rod (about $2) and tacked the rod brackets to the back board, instead of the end boards. I made the sleeve quite a bit shorter than the width of the quilt so that nothing would get pinched in the brackets.