How To Do A Quilt Wall Hanging

Stitch the short ends together then turn right side out and press.

How to do a quilt wall hanging.

This quilted wall hanging is designed for a beginner at quilting and uses a traditional nine patch design. Quilts make exquisite wall hangings after all. Mostly though people hang quilts because they love the look and feel that these personalized pieces of art bring to a room. Quilted wall hangings are an affordable way to add warmth and color to your walls.

While a wide variety of patterns are available a simple wall hanging is a good choice if you are just learning to quilt. Using an empty wall in your house as a design 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.

There are several different ways to do this. If you are not planning on hanging your quilt you can skip this next step step 9. Use quilt hanging clips. There s a price for convenience and aesthetics.

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. It looks like your quilt is floating on the wall. Then insert it through the sleeve or tabs on the quilt and mount it on the wall using brackets.

Hanging and displaying wall quilts. Trim your threads and use a drapery rod passed through the ribbon loops to hang your quilt on the wall. These clips fasten onto the edge of the quilt and get mounted on a nail in the wall. They are good to use if your quilt doesn t have a hanging sleeve.

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. The msrp for the hang it dang it ranges from 30 small to 70 large. 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. If the wall is made from anything more rigid than drywall pins will usually break.

This process requires hand stitching but it can be done as an afterthought when the quilt is entirely finished and bound. Since this is a wall hanging quilt there needs to be a way to hang it. To hang a quilt start by purchasing a hanging rod that s at least as long as your quilt is wide.