Hanging your quilt the cheap way !

Now that we are a one income household it is important for us to watch our spending and I am always looking to save a $ here and there. 

This quilt as you know has been a UFO for over 2 years.  I finally got myself to finish it and it has now been quilted and bound and ready to hang.  BUT there is a problem.  It is 44” wide and not going to be easy to hang and isn’t going to look good unless it’s kept nice and straight at the top.

I decided to hang it with dowel, eyes and ribbon.

The first thing I did was to cut a 2” wide strip around 44” long.

I folded the raw ends in and then folded the strip in half so that the raw edges were together.  I pressed it flat and then pinned the raw edge to the top raw edge of the quilt before I put the binding on.

I then put the binding on as I normally would and the pocket edge was sewn into the same seam.  After sewing down the binding I stitched the folded edge of the pocket down to the back of the quilt.

Next I cut my dowling  so that a small part of it poked out of each end of the pocket – In this case it was about 42” long. 

I then screwed a brass eye into either end of it.

Finally I tied some ribbon to each eye to make a hanger.

 

So there you go – I was able to hang the quilt for just $4

And finally it is hanging on our bedroom wall

Today is the 1st March and the first day of Autumn here in Australia. 2 Months of this year have already passed us by but I am pleased to say that my little promise to myself of finishing 1 UFO per month is still in play.  Next time I’ll show you the quilt I finished as my February UFO finish.

Thanks for the well wishes about my surgery.  It went well and now I just have to be patient as it heals.

Hugs,

Fee xx