Jacqueline de Jonge's colourful quilt

[rehak]

Very pretty, Rochelle!

For hanging small wallhangings like this one, I just use thumb tacks. Not push pins, but the flat, old-fashioned thumb tacks. I slip a tack inside each side of the hanging sleeve and then just push them into the wall from the front. Very inexpensive, very easy and no damage to the quilt or the wall.

[twiglet]

So do I but live in dread of the quilt police :lol:

Love the quilt Rochelle

[anne1]

I would do this Wendy but live in dread of what DH would say......but if he couldn't see the thumb tacks he wouldn't know hmmmmmmm!
Thoughts are running in my head .....that doesn't happen very often.
Looking forward to tomorrows new show and also BOM
Happy quilting
Anne

[prairiekat]

Ladies, Aren't you familiar with "3M Command Damage free Hanging Hooks, etc"? They work with a adhesive removable strip and they come in lots of styles and uses, I have seen them at Walmart, surely available many other places. Leaves no residue, removable following simple directions and can be reused with refills. Just a happy client of these.

Great work seen so far, hope I can do as good with my wall-hanging. Kathy in Colo

[prairiekat]

I have been working on the quilt and have run into a problem. I have completed the first 4 steps (through the 4 corners). One of the corners is not laying flat. The whole piece measures the same through the middle both horizontally and vertically. The diagonals are equal as well so I know the piece is square. I am very frustrated. Has anyone else had a problem? I'm an experienced quilter with lots of paper piecing under my belt so I don't know what went wrong here.

[prairiekat]

I did not have that problem. The inner circle does not look smooth and round. Could the problem have started there and is getting worse as you go farther out? How do your seems look on the back?

[prairiekat]

Measure from your inner circle out and see if it shows there.

[seattlebarbara2003]

Thanks for the suggestions on hanging the small quilt. I appreciate your taking the time to help. All great ideas. Like them all.

Old fashioned thumbtacks using the sleeve to hide them. Easy and inexpensive. Keeps quilt flat against the wall. Just small holes in the wall.

Dowel - help support the quilt and keep it straight. Again, easy and inexpensive. Maybe have Home Depot cut a small, flat piece of molding to use as the dowel. Just small holes in wall if using small, finishing nail.

3M Command - I will have to go look at these again. I have the hook kind (didn't want the bump or anything to show) but will go to the store and look at the flat ones.

Barbara

[anne1]

3M Command hooks are fantastic I use them for lots of things.....holding 4 gang socket outlets on a window sill so that I don't have to bend down to unplug everything.....
hanging pictures. I wish they had some that you could attach to fabric, that would make our lives so much easier.
Anne

[anne1]

Donna, thanks for the suggestion. I'll measure as you suggest and see what happens.

[anne1]

I had problems with the ring I attached to the spikes. After the second try and still having gathers, I measured and my spike circle was a quarter of an inch smaller. I had to redraft the ring and be sure to have it big enough on the outside for the background square. It was a couple of days of thinking, calculating and drafting. Don't giveup.

[anne1]

I forced myself to follow her direction exactly. I was do tempted to do it the way I have in the past. The only thing I had trouble with was the mitered corner. See one of my past posts. I still think her mark is in the wrong place.
Donna

[anne1]

I think my problem is the same as yours: spiked circle slightly off. I adjusted the circle but didn't think about the effect of the change on the corner pieces. I have to figure out where I go from here. I hate ripping and redoing. I may just leave it and fudge the strips. The ripple isn't the worst I've seen. It might actually quilt out. Maybe I'll try blocking the square.

[anne1]

From the looks of your past work on the quilts you have done, I am sure you will figure it out. Let us know.
Donna

[jansk44]

My spike circle is one fourth smaller than it should be. It should be 12inches in diameter? mine is eleven and three quarters.

Bella5, how did you go about redrafting the ring? I am stumped.

Any help woul be appreciated! Jan