How To Finish A Wall Hanging Quilt

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How to finish a wall hanging quilt.

To hang your quilt on the wall use velcro or a frame. It involves adding two triangles to the top back corners of your unbound quilt basting them on and then binding your quilt. From cream cut two 11 2 x 11 inch strips and two 2 x 11 inch strips. Cut each piece 4 by the horizontal measurement plus 3.

Sew and press the top facings with right sides together sew the raw edge of the facing strips to the front of the quilt on the top and bottom. Cut six 1 x. Stitch black and white strips together lengthwise. Step 2 measure all the vertical sides of the quilt.

Slip the dowel over cleats attached to the wall and you have a safe nearly invisible wall hanger that makes your textile the star of the show. To make a nine patch block cut nine 3 1 2 inch squares and sew them together as indicated in step 4. Click to learn how to make this turnstile block mini quilt. Preserve the quilt by fixing it to fabric stretched over a frame.

Assemble piano key border. Stretch a piece of fabric over a sealed wooden framework. An easy way to do this is to simply stitch a tube shaped sleeve across the entire back of the quilt and then run a dowel through it. Combine the finished blocks together or with solid blocks to make your quilted wall hanging.

Assemble sections and inner border. How to finish a quilt without using a binding. This method is appropriate for small squares to small quilts a full size quilt will be too bulky and heavy to frame for wall hanging. Step 1 square off all edges of excess batting and backing.

Use quilt hanging clips these clips fasten onto the edge of the quilt and get mounted on a nail in the wall. This technique is id. To finish the quilt. Press the facing strips outwards then stitch through the facing and seam allowance about 1 8 from the seam.

Step 3 measure all the horizontal sides of the quilt. To hang a quilt you simply cut a yardstick to the proper length insert it into the pockets and hang it on your wall with command strips. This finishing technique is referred to as the pillow case method or the envelope method. Some or all of the blocks in your quilt can be nine patch blocks made from 3 1 2 inch squares.