Hanging a Quilt?
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Hanging a Quilt?
Hi everyone, would like to get some advice on how to hang a quilt. I am putting a hanging sleeve on the top of my quilt when I put the binding on but I am a little bit stumped on how to actually get a quilt hanging flat and nice on a wall.
I spoke to the owner of a quilt shop a few months ago and she suggested a rod and put it on picture brackets. Advice I followed but the quilt doesn't hang flat against the wall and is easily disturbed when walking past.
What do you all use?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have one ready to be hung and one that I want to hang behind my bed when its finished.
I spoke to the owner of a quilt shop a few months ago and she suggested a rod and put it on picture brackets. Advice I followed but the quilt doesn't hang flat against the wall and is easily disturbed when walking past.
What do you all use?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have one ready to be hung and one that I want to hang behind my bed when its finished.
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Mary Burns shows 7 ways to hang a quilt in her blog: (hope this helps)
http://blog.shopmartingale.com/quilt...change-author/
http://blog.shopmartingale.com/quilt...change-author/
Last edited by QuiltnNan; 08-14-2016 at 02:52 AM.
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Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry's method is my go-to method for hanging. She uses a top & bottom rod so the quilts hang flawlessly.
http://www.bryerpatch.com/faq/storage.htm#rods
http://www.bryerpatch.com/faq/storage.htm#rods
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If you want the quilt to hang flat, sew the sleeve in a D shape. Also - don't sew the sleeve into the binding, sew it about an inch down. Here's a tutorial showing how I do mine:
http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogsp...-tutorial.html
http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogsp...-tutorial.html
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I put a hanging sleeve on the top and the bottom. Then I use café curtain rods which are lighter, smaller and only stick out from the wall about an inch. I purchase two rods and hang one in the bottom sleeve letting the decorative ends stick out the same as the rod holding the quilt. It pulls it flat and keeps it nice and straight.
#8
If it is a wall hanging, I just use a couple straight pins and push the into the drywall. I have wallpaper, so this causes the least damage. Also, don't have to do spackling and touch ups when I decide to move.
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