Command Hooks for hanging a quilt
11-16-2013, 04:46 PM
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I use three of the largest command hooks then run a round curtain rod on the top. I get those curtain clips (like tension clips with a round top) available in the curtain rod aisle in WalMart. I slip the clips on the curtain rod then clip the quilt on. They hold up the largest quilts I make and no sleeve needed. I change the quilts about 4 times a year. And my house has the orange peel finish on the walls and the command hooks hold just fine.
11-17-2013, 04:27 AM
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Me too! Not rulers, but an old gameboard...scared me! Now I am very leary of them. This happened after about 4 yrs of hanging nicely, then landed on the floor......I don't but/use them anymore.
11-17-2013, 06:58 AM
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That's really clever. I wish Command strips worked on my walls, they have an orange peel texture and it simply doesn't hold. I use really inexpensive cafe curtain rods from Wally world. They only stick out about an inch and a quarter and the rod itself is smaller. On larger quilts, put a sleeve on the bottom also and hang a rod thru it to weigh down the quilt. I don't attach the bottom rod to the wall. It makes any "waves" in the quilt smooth out.
11-17-2013, 07:21 AM
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Command Strips
I have used them on several things, but they don't work for me. They only hang temporarily and then pop off by themselves.
I needed an inexpensive way to hang a small wall quilt. My husband cut a strip of oak wood for a bar. I purchased Command metal hooks and bent them for a smaller opening. My sleeve was just a little larger to allow for the hooks to go under the bar. Command strips will be used to hold the hooks onto the wall. As advertised the strips can be pulled from under the hooks to remove them without damaging the wall.
Have any of you used this method for hanging? How did you like it?
Have any of you used this method for hanging? How did you like it?
11-17-2013, 08:41 AM
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Tried them for a small runner I was hanging on a door to my sew room and it didn't hold. And I did check weight when I bought them. Now that Maniacquilter said wasn't smooth on her wall maybe that's why my door isn't smooth. I am using on a smooth wall holds my rulers.
11-17-2013, 09:17 AM
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11-17-2013, 10:17 AM
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I did something similar to your idea. I used the same hooks, but instead of the wood, which I did not think of, I used the center section of a two inch wide metal curtain rod that I had. My sleeve is loose enough to put the rod in, and still allow the hooks to grab the existing curved edge of the rod. It did stay on the wall the day my cat Bruno tried to sharpen his claws on it, and got stuck hanging from it until I rescued him. (He has not tried that since...lol.)
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