How to hang a quilt "on point"?
 

I have a fairly large quilt I want to hang "on point". Aside from nailing it on the wall (!), the only other approach I can think of is to put a sleeve through the middle horizontally to keep it open and hang it with a ring on the top. It will be too heavy for Command Strips but it's not a "permanent" installation. Other ideas????? Please?!!!!

What size are you working with?

I would think you would need a sleeve on 2 adjacent sides of the quilt.

The center sleeve is how it's done at shows, with a small sleeve at the top in lieu of a ring. Don't know if that helps you any.

I agree with ghostrider. I would put a sleeve across the whole center, with something on the wall to support both ends of the rod to handle the weight of half the quilt, then a smaller sleeve, maybe about 10 or so inches from the top, again with a hanging mechanism on both ends, then something at the very top. I still would be concerned that the quilt would distort if hung too long.

Reading Tartan's response gave me an idea.....

Jan in VA

Jan, that looks like a good idea to me.

The size of the quilt has not been stated, but if it's anything larger than a small wall hanging, foam core will not support the weight, let alone the corners. Since it's too heavy for Command Strips, there's no way hooks through foam core will work. Just my opinion of course, and experience. I've had a non-square quilt shown successfully with dual sleeves in 16 shows.

Thank you for the ideas so far. The hanging is 40" square.

With 40" square you definitely could use a piece of house insulation foam board. Just make sure the board is cut so that the triangles on the back hold it tightly against the board. You could even use tiny, nearly invisble pins thru the front of the quilt into the foam board to hold some areas taut.

To overcome Ghostrider's concern over the weight of hanging the board with the quilt on it just be using hooks in the back of the board, how about trying this?

Jan in VA

This is a challenge. If hung on point, will any of the fabric be straight grain, up & down? If not, I think it might sag over time. So I think the foam insulation board is a good idea. It comes in 4'x8' sheets, so it could be cut to 40" sq. then the quilt could be tacked frequently to avoid sagging.
I saw a round quilt with a flange on the back. A piece of PVC pipe was connected into a circle that fit into the flange.

The Magnetic Invisible hanger allows you to hang a quilt on point https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/s...e0&action=view

I know how to hang a round quilt. I used a hula hoop cut open and run around the quilt. You could buy plastic tubing and run it along each edge of the quilt through a narrow sleeve sewn next the binding.