Expanding quilt display???

I just had a crazy idea floating around in my lil' blonde pea brain and I need some input- tossing around some ideas.

Say you have an blank area on a wall. You have various sized quilts you'd like to display there at different times, but you don't want to mar the wall more than necessary. At the same time you want these various sized quilts to all be centered when hung there.

What popped into my head is to use something like an expanding/telescoping curtain rod that would work with magnets. You place it on the wall, centered, and use two screws about 12 in. apart centered on the rod to hold it to the wall. Then you somehow use magnets in the quilt- in the binding or a sleeve or inside a tube that could be tacked/pinned or velcro'd to the back of the quilt??? You can extend the rod to whatever width is needed for that particular quilt or collapse it for a smaller quilt... which would need magnets, too.

Now, how to get the proper type of rod and get it mounted on the wall just right and how to get the magnets into/unto the quilt and what rod height would be pretty much universal for the various quilts??? Give me some ideas!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Is a shower rod magnetic?
How about a corresponding shower rod with magnetic pieces attached [think strip magnets here], that would be placed into a sleeve on back of the quilt.. That way you can re-use the sleeve for more traditional hanging if you gift out the piece, or place it elsewhere. The rod with magnets attached can be expandalble just like its mate on the wall.

Ginger in CA
wondering it this will ever show up [see Mz Butterfly's related post]

On Sunday, June 17, 2012 7:29:21 AM UTC-7, Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.. wrote:
I just had a crazy idea floating around in my lil' blonde pea brain and I need some input- tossing around some ideas.

Say you have an blank area on a wall. You have various sized quilts you'd like to display there at different times, but you don't want to mar the wall more than necessary. At the same time you want these various sized quilts to all be centered when hung there.

What popped into my head is to use something like an expanding/telescoping curtain rod that would work with magnets. You place it on the wall, centered, and use two screws about 12 in. apart centered on the rod to hold it to the wall. Then you somehow use magnets in the quilt- in the binding or a sleeve or inside a tube that could be tacked/pinned or velcro'd to the back of the quilt??? You can extend the rod to whatever width is needed for that particular quilt or collapse it for a smaller quilt... which would need magnets, too.

Now, how to get the proper type of rod and get it mounted on the wall just right and how to get the magnets into/unto the quilt and what rod height would be pretty much universal for the various quilts??? Give me some ideas!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

If you bought an attractive curtain pole (one of those wooden ones with
pretty finials), you could place two brass 'cup hooks' and either end
and then hang any of your quilts - up to the maximum length of the pole
- on it. The pole would come off the hooks to change the quilts, and
could be put back up again. It wouldn't need any more fiddling than
that. The pole would be centred of course, from side to side: you might
have to do an average to get them to look more or less centred from
floor to ceiling?
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In message ,
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. writes
I just had a crazy idea floating around in my lil' blonde pea brain and
I need some input- tossing around some ideas.

Say you have an blank area on a wall. You have various sized quilts
you'd like to display there at different times, but you don't want to
mar the wall more than necessary. At the same time you want these
various sized quilts to all be centered when hung there.

What popped into my head is to use something like an
expanding/telescoping curtain rod that would work with magnets. You
place it on the wall, centered, and use two screws about 12 in. apart
centered on the rod to hold it to the wall. Then you somehow use
magnets in the quilt- in the binding or a sleeve or inside a tube that
could be tacked/pinned or velcro'd to the back of the quilt??? You
can extend the rod to whatever width is needed for that particular
quilt or collapse it for a smaller quilt... which would need magnets, too.

Now, how to get the proper type of rod and get it mounted on the wall
just right and how to get the magnets into/unto the quilt and what rod
height would be pretty much universal for the various quilts??? Give
me some ideas!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.


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Best Regards
Pat on the Green

http://www.connectingthreads.com/too...r__D81959.html

These magnet based quilt hanging systems have recently appeared on the
market - perhaps this info will spark some more ideas for you...it is
possible to buy industrial strength magnets now at retail stores and metal
strips should be no problem either. barnyowl


"Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote in message
...
I just had a crazy idea floating around in my lil' blonde pea brain and I
need some input- tossing around some ideas.

Say you have an blank area on a wall. You have various sized quilts you'd
like to display there at different times, but you don't want to mar the wall
more than necessary. At the same time you want these various sized quilts
to all be centered when hung there.

What popped into my head is to use something like an expanding/telescoping
curtain rod that would work with magnets. You place it on the wall,
centered, and use two screws about 12 in. apart centered on the rod to hold
it to the wall. Then you somehow use magnets in the quilt- in the binding
or a sleeve or inside a tube that could be tacked/pinned or velcro'd to the
back of the quilt??? You can extend the rod to whatever width is needed
for that particular quilt or collapse it for a smaller quilt... which would
need magnets, too.

Now, how to get the proper type of rod and get it mounted on the wall just
right and how to get the magnets into/unto the quilt and what rod height
would be pretty much universal for the various quilts??? Give me some
ideas!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Hi everyone from one of "those" lurkers. Don't post often but read
all.

Leslie,
Here is the Ami Simms version. Haven't tried it but it has a video
that might give you more ideas.

Anna Belle in hot Palm Bay



On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 07:29:21 -0700 (PDT), "Leslie & The Furbabies in
MO." wrote:

I just had a crazy idea floating around in my lil' blonde pea brain and I need some input- tossing around some ideas.

Say you have an blank area on a wall. You have various sized quilts you'd like to display there at different times, but you don't want to mar the wall more than necessary. At the same time you want these various sized quilts to all be centered when hung there.

What popped into my head is to use something like an expanding/telescoping curtain rod that would work with magnets. You place it on the wall, centered, and use two screws about 12 in. apart centered on the rod to hold it to the wall. Then you somehow use magnets in the quilt- in the binding or a sleeve or inside a tube that could be tacked/pinned or velcro'd to the back of the quilt??? You can extend the rod to whatever width is needed for that particular quilt or collapse it for a smaller quilt... which would need magnets, too.

Now, how to get the proper type of rod and get it mounted on the wall just right and how to get the magnets into/unto the quilt and what rod height would be pretty much universal for the various quilts??? Give me some ideas!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Guess the heat got me, forgot to post the address = sorry.

http://www.amisimms.com/noseeumquhas.html


Anna Belle

On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:38:44 -0400, Anna Belle
wrote:


Hi everyone from one of "those" lurkers. Don't post often but read
all.

Leslie,
Here is the Ami Simms version. Haven't tried it but it has a video
that might give you more ideas.

Anna Belle in hot Palm Bay



On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 07:29:21 -0700 (PDT), "Leslie & The Furbabies in
MO." wrote:

I just had a crazy idea floating around in my lil' blonde pea brain and I need some input- tossing around some ideas.

Say you have an blank area on a wall. You have various sized quilts you'd like to display there at different times, but you don't want to mar the wall more than necessary. At the same time you want these various sized quilts to all be centered when hung there.

What popped into my head is to use something like an expanding/telescoping curtain rod that would work with magnets. You place it on the wall, centered, and use two screws about 12 in. apart centered on the rod to hold it to the wall. Then you somehow use magnets in the quilt- in the binding or a sleeve or inside a tube that could be tacked/pinned or velcro'd to the back of the quilt??? You can extend the rod to whatever width is needed for that particular quilt or collapse it for a smaller quilt... which would need magnets, too.

Now, how to get the proper type of rod and get it mounted on the wall just right and how to get the magnets into/unto the quilt and what rod height would be pretty much universal for the various quilts??? Give me some ideas!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

You could also do like some museums do. They put a strip of moulding up
near the ceiling that is angled out and has a lip. From this wires, metal
hooks, and various other items can be used at whatever length and distance
apart to come down to attach to whatever hanging mechanism you have to
attach/grab/hold your quilt. This idea lends itself to no holes in the wall
and the wall could then also be used on occasion for pictures or other
objects.

Hope I've explained well enough what I've seen.

Steven
Alaska


"Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote in message
...
I just had a crazy idea floating around in my lil' blonde pea brain and I
need some input- tossing around some ideas.

Say you have an blank area on a wall. You have various sized quilts you'd
like to display there at different times, but you don't want to mar the wall
more than necessary. At the same time you want these various sized quilts
to all be centered when hung there.

What popped into my head is to use something like an expanding/telescoping
curtain rod that would work with magnets. You place it on the wall,
centered, and use two screws about 12 in. apart centered on the rod to hold
it to the wall. Then you somehow use magnets in the quilt- in the binding
or a sleeve or inside a tube that could be tacked/pinned or velcro'd to the
back of the quilt??? You can extend the rod to whatever width is needed
for that particular quilt or collapse it for a smaller quilt... which would
need magnets, too.

Now, how to get the proper type of rod and get it mounted on the wall just
right and how to get the magnets into/unto the quilt and what rod height
would be pretty much universal for the various quilts??? Give me some
ideas!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

I think most shower rods would be aluminium?
..
In message ,
Ginger in CA writes
Is a shower rod magnetic?
How about a corresponding shower rod with magnetic pieces attached
[think strip magnets here], that would be placed into a sleeve on back
of the quilt. That way you can re-use the sleeve for more traditional
hanging if you gift out the piece, or place it elsewhere. The rod with
magnets attached can be expandalble just like its mate on the wall.

Ginger in CA
wondering it this will ever show up [see Mz Butterfly's related post]

--
Best Regards
Pat on the Green

What goes around comes around gg: an old fashioned picture rail!!
..
In message ications,
Steven Cook writes
You could also do like some museums do. They put a strip of moulding up
near the ceiling that is angled out and has a lip. From this wires, metal
hooks, and various other items can be used at whatever length and distance
apart to come down to attach to whatever hanging mechanism you have to
attach/grab/hold your quilt. This idea lends itself to no holes in the wall
and the wall could then also be used on occasion for pictures or other
objects.

Hope I've explained well enough what I've seen.

Steven
Alaska

--
Best Regards
Pat on the Green

Thank you. I knew there was a name. I've seen them used more and more in
Hotels and Convention centers as well. It's from this that you hang any
banners or anything like that, or pin items too. And nowhere else. In my
mind they've come up with a compromise. Attendees want to hang things and
they venue says okay, here and nowhere else.

We've actually kind of done this in the hallways at school too for the work
from art class.

Steven
Alaska


"Pat S" wrote in message
...
What goes around comes around gg: an old fashioned picture rail!!
.
In message ications,
Steven Cook writes
You could also do like some museums do. They put a strip of moulding up
near the ceiling that is angled out and has a lip. From this wires, metal
hooks, and various other items can be used at whatever length and distance
apart to come down to attach to whatever hanging mechanism you have to
attach/grab/hold your quilt. This idea lends itself to no holes in the
wall
and the wall could then also be used on occasion for pictures or other
objects.

Hope I've explained well enough what I've seen.

Steven
Alaska

--
Best Regards
Pat on the Green