Many of us spend a lot of time creating our quilts and those that we want to hang, we want to hang them in the best way that really shows off the quilt. Below are 8 ways that you can try then see which ones work best for you or your quilts. THE BELOW IS SHARED FROM THE MARTINGALE EMAIL NEWSLETTER.
1. How to Hang Quilts the Museum Way (tutorial)
Amy Hodge of
Amy a la Mode shows how to hang a quilt invisibly—so classy!—a method she learned from the
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. (Hint: it involves a flat piece of wood and two screw eyes, and it’s super easy!)
2. Seven Ways to Hang Small Quilts (plus how to display them with a plate stand)
Ami Simms, founder and executive director of the
Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative,
has hung a lot of quilts for a worthy cause (and her organization has
raised more than $730,000 for Alzheimer’s research since January 2006).
Here you’ll find terrific photos showing different ways to hang small
quilts. Plus, if you’ve run out of wall space, you can learn how to
display your small quilts on plate stands!
3. Easy No-See Hanging Tabs (tutorial)
Have you used hanging tabs on a quilt? Over at
Modify Tradition, Crystal shows how, with lots of helpful photos.
4. How to Hang Quilts from a Yardstick (tutorial)
Would a vintage look fit your decor? Here’s a clever way to reuse
yardsticks or rulers as quilt hangers. When we asked Ann Hermes of
Notes from the Quilt Lab
for permission to include her tutorial in this list, she graciously
agreed and even sent a great photo of her “yardstick gallery” (below
right). Talk about charming!
5. How to Make Rod Pockets with Double-Fold Triangles (tutorial)
If you liked the triangle pockets shown in the AAQI post (#2 on our list), Nicole at
Mama Love Quilts tells how to make them, step by step, in a fun photo tutorial.
6. How to Hang a Quilt on a Wall the Martingale Way
Use premade sleeves and pin them on with lots of safety pins, about
every 6 to 8 inches. And nobody’s the wiser! We put inexpensive brass
rods through the sleeves and then hang the rods on dowels nailed
permanently to the wall. These clever dowels have been miter-cut on one
end and drilled with a hole just big enough for a finishing nail to be
glued in.
7. How to Make a Hanging Sleeve
When you’re new to making quilt sleeves, it helps to have a set of
illustrated instructions. And that’s just what you’ll find in
How to Make a Hanging Sleeve, the newest PDF at ShopMartingale’s
How to Quilt page.
With just three steps and clear illustrations, it’s a quick and easy
reference you can use when it’s time for hanging a quilt on the wall.
8. How to Hang a Wall Hanging in a Hurry
Of course, you can always take the easy way out and avoid having to put on a sleeve on your quilt at all! Simply
purchase some beautiful decorative hangers that clip to the top of your quilt and voila! You’re done!