How To Hang A Wall Quilt With Tabs

Quilts are easy enough to hang on your wall no matter what size with many including tabs sewn on the back of one edge for just this purpose.

How to hang a wall quilt with tabs.

I put 3 on each edge as the piece is only 24 inches wide. Displaying a homemade quilt on a wall is one way to share your work with everyone. They re colorful and inspiring and they help muffle acoustics to prevent noise from carrying from room to room. The tabs are similar to those found on cafe style curtains.

One of the simplest ways to hang a quilted wall hanging is to attach tabs to the back. Then insert it through the sleeve or tabs on the quilt and mount it on the wall using brackets. Sew hanging tabs into the top edge of a small quilt for a quick finish. Alternatively you can attach velcro strips to the wall and the back of your quilt so you can easily hang it up and take it down.

To hang a quilt start by purchasing a hanging rod that s at least as long as your quilt is wide. One at each end about an inch from the binding and the third one in the middle of the quilt. How to attach the tabs. You can insert a piece of wooden doweling through the tabs for the actual hanging.

In the following video kim from chatterbox quilts demonstrates how she adds tabs to her small quilts without any hand stitching. Hanging and displaying wall quilts. This allows you to hang the quilt with a standard. Fold in half with the seam to the inside and pin to the back of the quilt along the top edge and bottom edge.