How To Frame A Quilt Wall Hanging

Mostly though people hang quilts because they love the look and feel that these personalized pieces of art bring to a room.

How to frame a quilt wall hanging.

Hand stitch the quilt section to a large piece of cotton. They re colorful and inspiring and they help muffle acoustics to prevent noise from carrying from room to room. Quilts make exquisite wall hangings after all. Or add border blocks or strips to a quilted wall hanging that will make it look framed when it s done.

Then insert it through the sleeve or tabs on the quilt and mount it on the wall using brackets. If you have extra fabric from your project or maybe just a favorite fabric consider making fabric frames. Use a frame hanging kit to add hardware to the stretcher frame or employ the hardware hooks screws and wire that came with the frame. Alternative protect the quilt in a shadowbox.

Hanging and displaying wall quilts. To hang a quilt start by purchasing a hanging rod that s at least as long as your quilt is wide. The stretcher frame is about a half inch smaller than the quilt all around so the effect is that the quilt is floating off the wall creating a dimensional shadow behind the quilt above right.