How To Hang A Wall Quilt With Tabs

This allows you to hang the quilt with a standard.

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. The tabs are similar to those found on cafe style curtains. Hanging and displaying wall quilts. You can insert a piece of wooden doweling through the tabs for the actual hanging.

One at each end about an inch from the binding and the third one in the middle of the quilt. In the following video kim from chatterbox quilts demonstrates how she adds tabs to her small quilts without any hand stitching. Fold in half with the seam to the inside and pin to the back of the quilt along the top edge and bottom edge. 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.

Displaying a homemade quilt on a wall is one way to share your work with everyone. Tabs also provide a decorative touch that finishes a wall hanging nicely. One of the simplest ways to hang a quilted wall hanging is to attach tabs to the back. Sew hanging tabs into the top edge of a small quilt for a quick finish.

They re colorful and inspiring and they help muffle acoustics to prevent noise from carrying from room to room. Mostly though people hang quilts because they love the look and feel that these personalized pieces of art bring to a room. I put 3 on each edge as the piece is only 24 inches wide. Then insert it through the sleeve or tabs on the quilt and mount it on the wall using brackets.