If possible work with a partner who can stand back at a distance and verify.
How to hang a quilt as wall hanging.
Angie hodapp demonstrates how to avoid making a sleeve when you finally finish your quilt.
Measure the width of the quilt across the top and cut a strip of fabric exactly that length by 8 1 2 inches wide.
Install a third bracket to support the rod by its center for any quilt over four feet in width.
Hanging can put the stress of gravity on the seams and fabric and the bigger the quilt the greater the strain wall explains.
When measuring to determine where your brackets will go mark where the top and bottom of each bracket will be as well.
It s beneficial to take down a hanging quilt every three or four months to give it a rest.
Lap quilts doll quilts and smaller wall hangings are easily displayed by stitching corner pockets into the back side at the top.
Use quilt hanging clips these clips fasten onto the edge of the quilt and get mounted on a nail in the wall.
Add these small triangular pieces on top of the backing and beneath the binding of your creation for a finished look.
This video will let you hang your quilt with just one hook nail at the same time you make your binding.
If you must piece the strip to get the needed length be sure and allow for the 5 8 inch seam allowance not a scant.
Make a hanging sleeve another way to hang a quilt on the wall is to sew a fabric tube called a hanging sleeve to the.