How To Finish A Quilted Wall Hanging

Quilted wall hangings are an affordable way to add warmth and color to your walls.

How to finish a quilted wall hanging.

Dowel rod with pocket one option is to thread a dowel rod through a pocket or sleeve on the top of your quilt back. These clips fasten onto the edge of the quilt and get mounted on a nail in the wall. I could use one of the printed fabrics but i don t really want to frame the piece i just want it to run off the page so to say and it needs either brown binding to do that or another method of finishing. This lets you hang the quilt by the rod and then if you want to take it down and store it for another season simply remove the dowel before folding the quilt.

There are several different ways to do this. How to finish a quilt without using a binding. This technique is id. Once the quilting is done the next step is to finish the edges.

I could use the traditional method of binding a quilt to finish this piece but i have run out of the brown fabric. Quilts make exquisite wall hangings after all. This quilted wall hanging is designed for a beginner at quilting and uses a traditional nine patch design. This finishing technique is referred to as the pillow case method or the envelope method.

All quilting on your project should be finished. Before applying binding sew a 1 4 around the outside edge. Mostly though people hang quilts because they love the look and feel that these personalized pieces of art bring to a room. Stitch sections together alternating colors to create checkerboard.

While a wide variety of patterns are available a simple wall hanging is a good choice if you are just learning to quilt. Turn and cut into fourteen 11 4 inch sections. When you make a quilted wall hanging one thing you need to decide on is how you will hang the quilt on the wall. They re colorful and inspiring and they help muffle acoustics to prevent noise from carrying from room to room.

Stitch black and white strips together lengthwise. To finish the quilt. How to hang your mini quilt. Hanging and displaying wall quilts.

You re in the home stretch. See more ideas about quilted wall hangings quilt patterns quilts. Square up the project trimming all layers top batting backing so that they are even.