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.

Alternative protect the quilt in a shadowbox. Hanging and displaying wall quilts. Or add border blocks or strips to a quilted wall hanging that will make it look framed when it s done. 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.

If you have extra fabric from your project or maybe just a favorite fabric consider making fabric frames. Quilts make exquisite wall hangings after all. 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. To hang a quilt start by purchasing a hanging rod that s at least as long as your quilt is wide.

Then insert it through the sleeve or tabs on the quilt and mount it on the wall using brackets. Frames for hanging a quilt can be made from many different things. Hand stitch the quilt section to a large piece of cotton.