How To Do A Quilt Wall Hanging

Use quilt hanging clips.

How to do a quilt wall hanging.

To hang a quilt start by purchasing a hanging rod that s at least as long as your quilt is wide. Using an empty wall in your house as a design wall. If you are not planning on hanging your quilt you can skip this next step step 9. This process requires hand stitching but it can be done as an afterthought when the quilt is entirely finished and bound.

These clips fasten onto the edge of the quilt and get mounted on a nail in the wall. Drapery rings if your quilt is fairly small two drapery rings ought to do the trick to help you hang it. With right sides together fold the 4 x 7 rectangle in half widthwise. 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.

Then insert it through the sleeve or tabs on the quilt and mount it on the wall using brackets. Mostly though people hang quilts because they love the look and feel that these personalized pieces of art bring to a room. They are good to use if your quilt doesn t have a hanging sleeve. Quilts make exquisite wall hangings after all.

If the wall is made from anything more rigid than drywall pins will usually break. Trim your threads and use a drapery rod passed through the ribbon loops to hang your quilt on the wall. The msrp for the hang it dang it ranges from 30 small to 70 large. It looks like your quilt is floating on the wall.

This quilted wall hanging is designed for a beginner at quilting and uses a traditional nine patch design. Stitch the short ends together then turn right side out and press. You can use it for aaaanything like arranging fabrics comparing colors organizing finished quilt blocks so many steps of the quilting process can benefit from a design wall. There s a price for convenience and aesthetics.

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. Hanging and displaying wall quilts. When you make a quilted wall hanging one thing you need to decide on is how you will hang the quilt on the wall. While a wide variety of patterns are available a simple wall hanging is a good choice if you are just learning to quilt.

You can use a typical wall to preview quilts but be prepared to attach pieces with lots of straight pins heavier push pins will leave holes in the fabric and the wall. A quilt design wall is basically a blank space on the wall where you can project your quilty brain. Quilted wall hangings are an affordable way to add warmth and color to your walls.