hanging doll/miniature quilts advice
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hanging doll/miniature quilts advice
Help! I would like to hang my collection of doll/miniature quilts. My circa 1923 plaster walls spall and crack when driving small brads so I need to devise some sort of clever arrangement for hanging the 23 little guys. Any ideas? I did search for hanging ideas on the board but was unsuccessfull. Tia -
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someone posted a tute on this Board for using a quilt panel in a different way--I thought of this immediately when I saw your post--it allowed you to put together several small quilts in a really neat way and then you could use your Command hook.
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If you want to put holes for nails in your walls you will need a drill. Drill at a slant. If they are textured walls (lathe and plaster), command hooks might not work. Funny story: My first house was built in 1917. The bedroom wall was wallpapered by the previous owner. After you took a shower, the paper would make sounds as it was on an uneven surface. It was really creepy the first few nights, until I got used to it.
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Help! I would like to hang my collection of doll/miniature quilts. My circa 1923 plaster walls spall and crack when driving small brads so I need to devise some sort of clever arrangement for hanging the 23 little guys. Any ideas? I did search for hanging ideas on the board but was unsuccessfull. Tia -
Command hooks won't work either, as they may pull off the plaster skim coat. If the plaster wall was papered & then was painted over it will pull off when you remove the command hook, often taking the skim coat with it. Ask me how I know! Some of these old houses have been papered many times layer after layer on top of each other & then painted over many times too. UGHH!
I would suggest drilling the holes & then use "eye screws". IF the plaster broke a way a little use a washer to cover the area. You can paint the washer. You could use picture frame wire & little clothespins to hang your tiny quilts.
Another option would be to hang small mini wood shelves & attach an eye screw to the underside of each one, then run your wire between them to hang your quilts.
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One of my first apartments had walls like that, being young, I hung framed posters with command hooks. In the middle of the night it was crash bang and shattering glass. Yikes, the nightmare. Anyway, I suggest the clothesline look also.
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This site has some ways of displaying textile art. Not all my taste, but if you go part way down the page, one has them strung together hanging from either the ceiling or a door frame. That looked quite neat.
http://www.textileartist.org/display...g-textile-art/
http://www.textileartist.org/display...g-textile-art/
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