Expanding quilt display???

Are magnets strong enough for a larger piece? I'm thinking that's a
lot of magnets!

I'd prefer a low-tech solution. Install 2 .....somethings (bolts,
hooks, whatever) right up where the wall meets the ceiling. You could
do this like museums do, and put in a sort of slider. Even a curtain
rail, the kind that the plastic slider thingies fit into. Whatever is
easy to get. Then you need clear fishing line (or picture wire if
you're fancy). And an expandible rod. Or a selection of rods. Then
it's easy to swap quilts as well as raise or lower the height of the
rod.
Roberta in D

On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 07:29:21 -0700 (PDT), "Leslie & The Furbabies in
MO." wrote:

I just had a crazy idea floating around in my lil' blonde pea brain and I need some input- tossing around some ideas.

Say you have an blank area on a wall. You have various sized quilts you'd like to display there at different times, but you don't want to mar the wall more than necessary. At the same time you want these various sized quilts to all be centered when hung there.

What popped into my head is to use something like an expanding/telescoping curtain rod that would work with magnets. You place it on the wall, centered, and use two screws about 12 in. apart centered on the rod to hold it to the wall. Then you somehow use magnets in the quilt- in the binding or a sleeve or inside a tube that could be tacked/pinned or velcro'd to the back of the quilt??? You can extend the rod to whatever width is needed for that particular quilt or collapse it for a smaller quilt... which would need magnets, too.

Now, how to get the proper type of rod and get it mounted on the wall just right and how to get the magnets into/unto the quilt and what rod height would be pretty much universal for the various quilts??? Give me some ideas!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Cool! Wonder if they work on nubbly walls?
Roberta in D

On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:39:49 -0400, Anna Belle
wrote:




Guess the heat got me, forgot to post the address = sorry.

http://www.amisimms.com/noseeumquhas.html


Anna Belle

On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:38:44 -0400, Anna Belle
wrote:


Hi everyone from one of "those" lurkers. Don't post often but read
all.

Leslie,
Here is the Ami Simms version. Haven't tried it but it has a video
that might give you more ideas.

Anna Belle in hot Palm Bay



On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 07:29:21 -0700 (PDT), "Leslie & The Furbabies in
MO." wrote:

I just had a crazy idea floating around in my lil' blonde pea brain and I need some input- tossing around some ideas.

Say you have an blank area on a wall. You have various sized quilts you'd like to display there at different times, but you don't want to mar the wall more than necessary. At the same time you want these various sized quilts to all be centered when hung there.

What popped into my head is to use something like an expanding/telescoping curtain rod that would work with magnets. You place it on the wall, centered, and use two screws about 12 in. apart centered on the rod to hold it to the wall. Then you somehow use magnets in the quilt- in the binding or a sleeve or inside a tube that could be tacked/pinned or velcro'd to the back of the quilt??? You can extend the rod to whatever width is needed for that particular quilt or collapse it for a smaller quilt... which would need magnets, too.

Now, how to get the proper type of rod and get it mounted on the wall just right and how to get the magnets into/unto the quilt and what rod height would be pretty much universal for the various quilts??? Give me some ideas!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

On 6/17/2012 9:29 AM, Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote:
I just had a crazy idea floating around in my lil' blonde pea brain and I need some input- tossing around some ideas.

Say you have an blank area on a wall. You have various sized quilts you'd like to display there at different times, but you don't want to mar the wall more than necessary. At the same time you want these various sized quilts to all be centered when hung there.

What popped into my head is to use something like an expanding/telescoping curtain rod that would work with magnets. You place it on the wall, centered, and use two screws about 12 in. apart centered on the rod to hold it to the wall. Then you somehow use magnets in the quilt- in the binding or a sleeve or inside a tube that could be tacked/pinned or velcro'd to the back of the quilt??? You can extend the rod to whatever width is needed for that particular quilt or collapse it for a smaller quilt... which would need magnets, too.

Now, how to get the proper type of rod and get it mounted on the wall just right and how to get the magnets into/unto the quilt and what rod height would be pretty much universal for the various quilts??? Give me some ideas!

Leslie& The Furbabies in MO.

I've seen something like that advertised and even demo'd but I can't
remember what it's called or where I saw it.

Google turned up this:
http://www.magnificentquilt.com/
http://peasinapod.typepad.com/peas-in-a-pod/2010/11/product-review-of-maget-ficent-invisible-quilt-hanger.html

I have a couple of these -- a long one on one wall that I use to hang an
antique bed quilt and a 48" one in my dining room that I use to hang
various sized wall hangings. Many of them are narrower than the 48" but
that doesn't bother me. If they are a few inches wider, they still hang
nicely.

Julia in MN


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I've heard of this idea done with two permanent hooks up high and then
fishing line as the connector between the hooks and the ends of the rod.
The fishing line is invisible and by using different lengths of rod
anything can be hung. So far I have bought some fishing line but haven't
actually hung anything yet!

Allison



On 17/06/2012 5:20 PM, Steven Cook wrote:
You could also do like some museums do. They put a strip of moulding up
near the ceiling that is angled out and has a lip. From this wires, metal
hooks, and various other items can be used at whatever length and distance
apart to come down to attach to whatever hanging mechanism you have to
attach/grab/hold your quilt. This idea lends itself to no holes in the wall
and the wall could then also be used on occasion for pictures or other
objects.

Hope I've explained well enough what I've seen.

Steven
Alaska


"Leslie& The Furbabies in wrote in message
...
I just had a crazy idea floating around in my lil' blonde pea brain and I
need some input- tossing around some ideas.

Say you have an blank area on a wall. You have various sized quilts you'd
like to display there at different times, but you don't want to mar the wall
more than necessary. At the same time you want these various sized quilts
to all be centered when hung there.

What popped into my head is to use something like an expanding/telescoping
curtain rod that would work with magnets. You place it on the wall,
centered, and use two screws about 12 in. apart centered on the rod to hold
it to the wall. Then you somehow use magnets in the quilt- in the binding
or a sleeve or inside a tube that could be tacked/pinned or velcro'd to the
back of the quilt??? You can extend the rod to whatever width is needed
for that particular quilt or collapse it for a smaller quilt... which would
need magnets, too.

Now, how to get the proper type of rod and get it mounted on the wall just
right and how to get the magnets into/unto the quilt and what rod height
would be pretty much universal for the various quilts??? Give me some
ideas!

Leslie& The Furbabies in MO.

What I want is something that is very close to the wall and completely invisible- hidden behind the quilt- and no picture rail or hooks near the ceiling. And (of course!) very inexpensive and that I can do-it-myself.

Thanks for all the suggestions.... you got my mind churning with some new ways to tackle the project!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

On Sunday, June 17, 2012 9:29:21 AM UTC-5, Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.. wrote:
I just had a crazy idea floating around in my lil' blonde pea brain and I need some input- tossing around some ideas.

Say you have an blank area on a wall. You have various sized quilts you'd like to display there at different times, but you don't want to mar the wall more than necessary. At the same time you want these various sized quilts to all be centered when hung there.

What popped into my head is to use something like an expanding/telescoping curtain rod that would work with magnets. You place it on the wall, centered, and use two screws about 12 in. apart centered on the rod to hold it to the wall. Then you somehow use magnets in the quilt- in the binding or a sleeve or inside a tube that could be tacked/pinned or velcro'd to the back of the quilt??? You can extend the rod to whatever width is needed for that particular quilt or collapse it for a smaller quilt... which would need magnets, too.

Now, how to get the proper type of rod and get it mounted on the wall just right and how to get the magnets into/unto the quilt and what rod height would be pretty much universal for the various quilts??? Give me some ideas!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Ah!
Reading the first sentence reminded me that a friend makes her hanging
sleeves in three parts so that she can hang her quilts on a rod onto two
hooks in the wall which are invisible when the quilt is up. All you
would have to do would be to make the hanging sleeves to suit the
positions of the hooks.
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In message ,
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. writes
What I want is something that is very close to the wall and completely
invisible- hidden behind the quilt- and no picture rail or hooks near
the ceiling. And (of course!) very inexpensive and that I can
do-it-myself.

Thanks for all the suggestions.... you got my mind churning with some
new ways to tackle the project!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.


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Best Regards
Pat on the Green

Leslie, that is what I do in my hall and 1st floor bathroom,
essentially. I use curton hooks or push-in hooks (the brass kind that
are somewhat decorative) and hang a telescoping rod from that, then
just put hanging sleeves on the quilts. After that its just a matter
of feeding the rod through the hanging sleeve, ajusting the rod, and
hanging everything. Sometimes a bit of the rod peeks through the
ends, sometimes not. It works for me

-Irene

On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 07:29:21 -0700 (PDT), "Leslie & The Furbabies in
MO." wrote:

I just had a crazy idea floating around in my lil' blonde pea brain and I need some input- tossing around some ideas.

Say you have an blank area on a wall. You have various sized quilts you'd like to display there at different times, but you don't want to mar the wall more than necessary. At the same time you want these various sized quilts to all be centered when hung there.

What popped into my head is to use something like an expanding/telescoping curtain rod that would work with magnets. You place it on the wall, centered, and use two screws about 12 in. apart centered on the rod to hold it to the wall. Then you somehow use magnets in the quilt- in the binding or a sleeve or inside a tube that could be tacked/pinned or velcro'd to the back of the quilt??? You can extend the rod to whatever width is needed for that particular quilt or collapse it for a smaller quilt... which would need magnets, too.

Now, how to get the proper type of rod and get it mounted on the wall just right and how to get the magnets into/unto the quilt and what rod height would be pretty much universal for the various quilts??? Give me some ideas!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.