How To Hang A Small Quilted Wall Hanging

Lemon tree tales has a tutorial for covering a small hoop with macramé and sewing them to the back of the quilt as hanging loops.

How to hang a small quilted wall hanging.

Trim your threads and use a drapery rod passed through the ribbon loops to hang your quilt on the wall. Alternatively you can attach velcro strips to the wall and the back of your quilt so you can easily hang it up and take it down. Also easy to adjust by pulling out the extendable rod for different quilt sizes and to make sure the quilt hangs straight on the wall. Use quilt hanging clips.

There are several different ways to do this. There s a price for convenience and aesthetics. Quilts make exquisite wall hangings after all. The tube type hanging sleeve is added to the quilt backing after the quilt has been quilted and before binding a quilt.

The msrp for the hang it dang it ranges from 30 small to 70 large. How to hang small quilts. If you re not worried about scratching the wall you could just sew the hoops straight onto the quilt back. This process requires hand stitching but it can be done as an afterthought when the quilt is entirely finished and bound.

They are good to use if your quilt doesn t have a hanging sleeve. Quilted wall hangings are an affordable way to add warmth and color to your walls. Insert the one step hanger into the wall at the mark using a hammer. Mostly though people hang quilts because they love the look and feel that these personalized pieces of art bring to a room.

To hang a smaller quilt you don t necessarily need a quilt sleeve on the back but more like pocket corners. It looks like your quilt is floating on the wall. Hanging and displaying wall quilts. They re colorful and inspiring and they help muffle acoustics to prevent noise from carrying from room to room.

Yes you ll be making some small holes in the fabric of the hanging sleeve but it s a small price to pay for an easy hanging device. This quilted wall hanging is designed for a beginner at quilting and uses a traditional nine patch design. Then insert it through the sleeve or tabs on the quilt and mount it on the wall using brackets. When you make a quilted wall hanging one thing you need to decide on is how you will hang the quilt on the wall.

To hang a quilt start by purchasing a hanging rod that s at least as long as your quilt is wide. A dowel rod is then inserted in the tube which can either be hung on a couple of nails or in conjunction with a nice looking wood quilt wall hanger. These clips fasten onto the edge of the quilt and get mounted on a nail in the wall. If the quilt is much larger than your hanger the corners may bend over.

Drapery rings if your quilt is fairly small two drapery rings ought to do the trick to help you hang it. While a wide variety of patterns are available a simple wall hanging is a good choice if you are just learning to quilt.