how to display your quilt
I love using quilts as wall art. Not only is it visually delightful, it also helps absorb sound (key in NYC!). I’ve got a bunch of quilts on rotation throughout our apartment, which also helps me in unfolding and giving my quilts time to air out fairly regularly.
Materials
2” wide board, plain molding ½” thick (or a sturdy dowel I have found works well, depending on the size of the quilt), that’s about 1” narrower than your quilt edge
Two Screw Eyes
Two nails
Hammer
Fabric for the sleeve - sometimes I’ll use leftover backing fabric so it matches, sometimes I’ll just use muslin
Hand sewing supplies (you can assemble the sleeve on your machine, but will want to attach it by hand)
How-to
Cut and/or assemble a 9” x the length of your quilt top piece of fabric
Hem the short edges, each with a ½” hem (no need to be extra tidy and double roll the hem)
Wrong sides together, fold the piece of fabric lengthwise, and stitch the long edges together with ½” seam allowance
Turn the tube inside out and give it a quick press
Sew the tube by hand using a blind hem stitch to the top of the quilt, right below the edge of the binding (making sure to sew ONLY to the back of the quilt)
Feed your board/dowel through the sleeve and the pin down the other edge – this provides enough give in the sleeve so it doesn’t pull once it is hanging
Remove the board/dowel and blind hem stitch the second edge to the back of the quilt (making sure not to go through to the front of the quilt)
Add your screw eyes to either end of the board/molding/dowel, aiming to have them at the same height
Put your nails in your wall where you want to hang the quilt (it helps to have a friend to hold up the finished quilt on it’s hanger so you can see where you want it to hang), leaving enough of the nail to feed through the screw eyes
Hang your quilt up, step back, and admire!
Another Option
Alternatively, you can pick up a quilt hanger and just swap your quilts in and out!