rosiewell

did you do a sleeve? sometimes a stiff muslin sleeve will do the trick!

helenhiwater

Sometimes putting a sleeve with a dowel running through it on the BOTTOM helps.

CAS49OR

I glued my avatar quilt to the wall with a hot glue gun! I used an old sheet on the back so it doesn't need to be seen. I made another quilt that looks terrible hanging. I'm thinking I didn't use a wide enough rod for the pocket, or maybe it's not squared up. I like the ideas here. I tried pinning through it, moving the pins around, but it still sags. I'm wondering if attaching it to something hard like masonite or other thin board would work better?

mom-6

I did a wall hanging that was on point, so had to add dowel rods in little triangular pockets on all four sides to get it to hang right. It worked really well to attach the triangular pockets by stitching in the ditch of the binding. I then used a single little round plastic ring at the top for hanging.

Arleners

It sounds like the rod pocket is too low. You can either add a new one that is right below the binding, OR, buy cafe curtain clips. These are rings that have a little clamp. You can hang these on the dowel and use the clamps to hold up the quilt. I do this all the time because I hate putting on the quilt sleeve.

Dollyo

I used to work for JCP Custom Decorating and we always figured a 1/2" takeup when figuring rod pockets. When I make a wallhanging, I make a sleeve, using the backing fabric 8-9" wide and the width of the wallhanging (less 1-2" - by the time you do a double fold 1/4" hem edge, it's the perfect size), stitched into the binding. I press a fold line into the sleeve, about 1" difference between the edges, that gives you about 1/2" takeup, so that the rod doesn't make a lump in your quilt. Then I hand stitch the folded edge down. When I first started, I used loops of fabric and the wallhangings sagged. Those loops were stitched into the binding. I found a quick fix that really works well for that. I dissolved some WSS (water soluble stabilizer) in water and sprayed it on the wallhanging, front and back. Let it lay on my cutting table until it was dry. No more sagging and no residue. I have the WSS, because I do FSL embroidery.

Pink Dogwood

May be you just need to tack the pocket to the WH. It may be a little lower than it should be or too large for the rod and tacking it to the WH will keep the front from sagging forward. I'm sure Dad still loves it since you made it for him.

Jackie R

I put my pocket strip on the back, just under the binding, and I make two of the pocket strips so there's an opening in the center (I leave about 1 inch between the strips at the center) and sew them on like regular hanging strips. But this way I can hang the wall hanging from just a single hook on the wall and don't have to mess around with other rods and finishes for the ends of the dowel since nothing shows on the front.

margecam52

How well was the wallhanging quilted? (how dense was the stitching).

If you only outlined a few places, or used SID...the wallhanging may not have had enough quilting to support the hanging rod. Get some shower curtain clips (the kind you pinch to open)...and clip one every 4-6" across the top of the wallhanging's top edge ...slide a dowell into the rings of the clips...and hang it that way.

kittiebug

If it droops take it and sew a running stitch at the top of the pocket. about 1/2" or so if you have to do it by hand.
Good luck.