{"id":3676,"date":"2016-05-09T14:08:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T19:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=3676"},"modified":"2016-05-09T14:09:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T19:09:50","slug":"displaying-irregular-shaped-quilts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=3676","title":{"rendered":"Displaying Irregular Shaped Quilts"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s no need to be restricted to a rectangular shape if designing a piece to hang on a wall, so consider breaking out of the square sometime! \u00a0I have made quite a few irregular shaped quilts, and occasionally teach a workshop on designing, finishing and hanging them.<\/p>\n

Hanging alternatives should be considered and be planned for in the design and construction stages of quilts with serious top edge shapes, \u00a0as for example the upper edge of this quilt, “Pahoehoe 2”<\/em> photographed against a wall in our home. \u00a0(Yes, you can see cutout holes in places, showing the wall and a bit of shadow behind) \u00a0In this kind of \u00a0situation, template plastic at key points inserted between the batting+front and the backing works wonders in preventing upward-pointing shapes flopping forwards! \u00a0Yes, the machine will<\/em> sew through this as you machine quilt, no worries, particularly if you take it slow and steady.\"Pahoehoe<\/a><\/p>\n

“Pahoehoe 2” 1996<\/h6>\n

The next one, “Kimberley”<\/em>\u00a01996, photographed against black (an old slide that needs to be scanned to be really useful in this digital age)<\/p>\n

\"Kimblerley\"<\/a>“Kimberley” \u00a01996, \u00a0110cm x 80cm approx, \u00a0against black B\/G<\/h6>\n

Because of such extreme shaping as \u00a0along this top edge, the supportive plastic might not be enough to hold it all upright when mounted on a quilt rod, ie. if there’s\u00a0too much distance between the highest point at which you can place a sleeve for a rod, and the uppermost points. \u00a0No rules apply here – you just have to try it and see, and be prepared to go to a bit more trouble. \u00a0You may find you need a shaped plywood panel (US marine ply), jig-saw cut to about 1.5cm smaller all round from the upper left to the upper right upturned corner shapes. Finish this off smoothly and seal – then drill holes in this to go over picture screws in the wall. \u00a0All round the upper edge, add strips of male velcro, glued or stapled to the wood; and to corresponding edges of the quilt itself hand sew strips of female velcro. \u00a0You place the quilt’s velcro against that on the board, adjust for proper fall\/drape if necessary, and voila! it’s hung. \u00a0Of course, this is not a sustainable hanging method if such a work is to be travelling anywhere outside your home town, your own personal delivery area! \u00a0And, if its a really large hanging panel, by working with a carpenter you might find it preferable to work out a design hinged in several places for easier storage.<\/p>\n

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There’s no need to be restricted to a rectangular shape if designing a piece to hang on a wall, so consider breaking out of the square sometime! \u00a0I have made quite a few irregular shaped quilts, and occasionally teach a workshop on designing, finishing and hanging them. Hanging alternatives should be considered and be planned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6uxpF-Xi","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3676"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3681,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3676\/revisions\/3681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}