Command Hooks for hanging a quilt
 

Looks like you've got a great idea! On the package there is usually given a weight allowance. How much does this wall hanging weigh? If you're under the weight suggestions, it should do ok. Let us know how it works out.

Yes, that is what I used to hang my design wall and it is great. Has been up for two or three years. Command stuff is the greatest. I use them in my RV also. There are all different kinds and be sure to look at the Lbs. for different things.

I bought them but found out they don't work on textured wall which my apt walls are. I do have those hooks and they are handy for the side on cabinets !! At least they are smooth !!

I also use Command hooks to hang my Design wall. They work great and have been up 2--3 years with incident. Your plan looks great and I'm sure it will work. I am going to keep this in mind for my display wall. I have quilts all over the place and have been looking for an inexpensive way to hang a couple.
Sue

They worked well on my walls only after I really rubbed down the area with whatever it is they suggest you use ... alcohol? maybe.

For years I've used 'monkeyhooks'. I hung a 60x60 wallhanging (slats on the top and bottom) with no problem.
Also used them to hang a fairly large and heavy mirror - I used two for this just to be safe.
www.monkeyhook.com

Very creative.

I've tried using them to hold my rulers - and ended up with several rulers on the floor - even though they were less than the advertised weight.

Cheers, K

Why could you use about four of them or even more to hold a heavier wall hanging? I wish I would thought of them before we screwed screws to hang my light weight wall hanging. I am limited by my thoughts, all too often.

Brilliant idea!! I have used those same hooks to hold my rulers for a couple years now. I have them attached to the sides and doors of my fabric cabinets.

I use command hooks all the time for quilts.

One thing in the very fine print is a recommendation to let the hook adhesive cure for 12 hours before adding weight. It's also important to get the correct side on the wall vs. on the hook.

I've had pretty good results even on textured walls, with one exception-- in our stairwell, way up high. I think it may be because I wasn't able to press the hook firmly against the wall, given that I was trying to put it about 15 feet above me and with no level surface to put a ladder on.

I've actually used just the strips directly on the back of small wallhangings that I want to have lie flush against the wall. No damage to the fabric backing, and they've held up nicely for months thus far.

I have used the command strips for my wall hangings and they have worked great.

I use them also, they work great!!!

This happened to me too!

Great ideas for command strips. Thank you.

Two warnings--------------sometimes the strips WILL harm a wall when removed. And if the surface that holds the hook is not smooth enough, the hooks won't hold. All that said--------------they are great for hanging stuff.

Could you explain more about what you mean by "harm" a wall? Does is just take the paint off with it? Or does it remove wallpaper? Or wallboard?

We used some in my daughter's room to hang a pocket thing for her doll stuff. It didn't hold though (too much doll stuff) and when I took the adhesive off, it took the paint right off to the drywall. And it was only on her wall for about 2 days max.

I ended up using a nail on one side (where there was a stud) and a monkey hook on the other. So far, so good.

My sis in law has a mobile home and the walls are a type of panel, not really wallpaper, but more of a panel. Anyway, she had a command hook take off a chunk of finish.

I use three of the largest command hooks then run a round curtain rod on the top. I get those curtain clips (like tension clips with a round top) available in the curtain rod aisle in WalMart. I slip the clips on the curtain rod then clip the quilt on. They hold up the largest quilts I make and no sleeve needed. I change the quilts about 4 times a year. And my house has the orange peel finish on the walls and the command hooks hold just fine.

Me too! Not rulers, but an old gameboard...scared me! Now I am very leary of them. This happened after about 4 yrs of hanging nicely, then landed on the floor......I don't but/use them anymore.

That's really clever. I wish Command strips worked on my walls, they have an orange peel texture and it simply doesn't hold. I use really inexpensive cafe curtain rods from Wally world. They only stick out about an inch and a quarter and the rod itself is smaller. On larger quilts, put a sleeve on the bottom also and hang a rod thru it to weigh down the quilt. I don't attach the bottom rod to the wall. It makes any "waves" in the quilt smooth out.

Command Strips
 

I have used them on several things, but they don't work for me. They only hang temporarily and then pop off by themselves.

Command strips are great. Just check the weight allowance. I see they now have ones that hold 7.5 pounds.

Tried them for a small runner I was hanging on a door to my sew room and it didn't hold. And I did check weight when I bought them. Now that Maniacquilter said wasn't smooth on her wall maybe that's why my door isn't smooth. I am using on a smooth wall holds my rulers.

I have one hung in my hall with Command Strips now. It works great. I used a dowel for hanging, but I like your idea of a flat strip. That way, I can change out with various width quilts.

I was just wondering the other day if the command strips could be used to hang a small quilt. I've used them on several other items I've hung.

I did something similar to your idea. I used the same hooks, but instead of the wood, which I did not think of, I used the center section of a two inch wide metal curtain rod that I had. My sleeve is loose enough to put the rod in, and still allow the hooks to grab the existing curved edge of the rod. It did stay on the wall the day my cat Bruno tried to sharpen his claws on it, and got stuck hanging from it until I rescued him. (He has not tried that since...lol.)