Ever since I made my Painted Calla Lily for the class project in the Painted Pictorial Quilts Craftsy class, it has sat on my counter, shuffled back and forth out of the way. I'm really proud of the piece and have wanted to display it more suitably but never got around to figuring out how to do so.
When I had to clear my workshop for a fireplace reno and then subsequently cleaned and organzied it afterward, I decided it was time to find a home for the pictorial quilt. My first idea was to string some wire under my cabinets and use mini clothes-pegs to clip my art quilts on the line. My thinking was that I could then swap out the wall hangings, and/or add photos or other things.
I purchased several gauges of wire and some round hooks. At first I thought I could screw them into the bottom of the wood valance but then I realized I only have the trim on one side (the other side is the edge of a drawer set). So then I supposed I could have the hooks coming out from the wall and string the wire against the wall. Anyway, the short story is that the wire line was a fail. One wire was too thick and one was too thin. I left hubby with the task and when I came back he had abandoned the wire idea and had strung feet of my lovely Stampin' Up grosgrain ribbon between the hooks. Nice idea but the ribbon was no where near sturdy enough to support the quilts AND...there was blood all over each end of the ribbon AND on the wall! lol! The fine wire had poked his fingers and he proceeded to stain the ribbon and the paint and just left it there. Um...yeah. Sweet gesture, but totally unacceptable! Not to mention the screw hooks didn't stay in the drywall and just went crooked and left holes. :(
So I took over and found the perfect solution. Command velcro! I bought a small packet of the strips and added a hook strip to each side of the quilt and a matching loop strip to the wall. They hold perfectly, are totally invisible and keep the quilt flat on the wall. If I change wall hangings or change my mind, easy peasy to remove with no damage to the paint! Genius!
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