Suggestions on straightening?
04-07-2010, 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by thimblebug6000
Buy some lathing (sp?) it's wood that's about ¼" thick and about 1 ½" wide, this is what I use so that the wallhanging lays flat against the wall not lumped out with the rounded dowel. For small wallhangings I drill a hole in either end of the lathing, put a couple nails in the wall & just slip the wallhanging onto it so there is no hanging wire showing. Add another hanging sleeve to the bottom of the wallhanging and insert the 2nd piece of lathing. Good luck, as it is a very cute wallhanging!
04-07-2010, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Pam
Too cute!! Are you really ready for my solution? Probably NOT the best, but here goes. First of all try steaming it. Pin it squarely to your carpet, if you have a steamer, steam the living daylights out of it, streach it out again to square and let it dry pinned to the floor.
If that does not work, add hanging sleeves to all 4 sides and insert dowel rods into the pockets and whip stitch it into submission.
Sounds like it might work
Also, get rid of the hanging wire, that might be a part of the problem.
If that does not work, add hanging sleeves to all 4 sides and insert dowel rods into the pockets and whip stitch it into submission.
Sounds like it might work
Also, get rid of the hanging wire, that might be a part of the problem.
04-07-2010, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by thimblebug6000
Buy some lathing (sp?) it's wood that's about ¼" thick and about 1 ½" wide, this is what I use so that the wallhanging lays flat against the wall not lumped out with the rounded dowel. For small wallhangings I drill a hole in either end of the lathing, put a couple nails in the wall & just slip the wallhanging onto it so there is no hanging wire showing. Add another hanging sleeve to the bottom of the wallhanging and insert the 2nd piece of lathing. Good luck, as it is a very cute wallhanging!
04-07-2010, 09:44 PM
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Boy, that's cute.
I just read someplace that you can sew a triangle in each corner of a wall hanging, put dowel or lathe across the top of the back and hang the wall hanging that way. You would add the second piece of lathe across the bottom and that would fix that bottom edge.
The author of the original idea may have sewn those triangles in place and covered the edges when the binding went on. You could just hand stitch them on.
IIRC folded a square piece of fabric in half to make the triangle so she didn't have to hem the long edge of the triangle.
Someone earlier wrote the hanging of the quilt as it is may be the cause of the problem. That may be true. Slip the wood out of the current sleeve and scotch tape (blue masking tape?) your piece to the wall. If the bump goes away then changing you hanging system may be the cure.
If whatever is in the sleeve is stretching the top too much it will make the bottom buckle out.
It a cute piece and well worth some fussing around to make it lay flat.
Jois
I just read someplace that you can sew a triangle in each corner of a wall hanging, put dowel or lathe across the top of the back and hang the wall hanging that way. You would add the second piece of lathe across the bottom and that would fix that bottom edge.
The author of the original idea may have sewn those triangles in place and covered the edges when the binding went on. You could just hand stitch them on.
IIRC folded a square piece of fabric in half to make the triangle so she didn't have to hem the long edge of the triangle.
Someone earlier wrote the hanging of the quilt as it is may be the cause of the problem. That may be true. Slip the wood out of the current sleeve and scotch tape (blue masking tape?) your piece to the wall. If the bump goes away then changing you hanging system may be the cure.
If whatever is in the sleeve is stretching the top too much it will make the bottom buckle out.
It a cute piece and well worth some fussing around to make it lay flat.
Jois
04-07-2010, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ktbb
a couple of ideas...
first - they now sell magnetic hanger systems for quilts that would replace the need for the wire
first - they now sell magnetic hanger systems for quilts that would replace the need for the wire
Anyone able to explain it for me?
04-08-2010, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Seanette
I have a wall-hanging quilt DMIL made. She passed it along to me when she was going through an accumulation of stuff, and I do like it. The problem is the way the bottom edge won't lie straight. The first photo is the whole quilt, the second is focused in on the problem area, shooting from below to show the gap from the wall.
Ironing is probably not an option, around fabric paint, embroidery, and beads.
I wish my photographic skills were up to showing a rather clever design she worked into a border. I'll see if DH can do better when he gets home, since he's a better photographer.
Ironing is probably not an option, around fabric paint, embroidery, and beads.
I wish my photographic skills were up to showing a rather clever design she worked into a border. I'll see if DH can do better when he gets home, since he's a better photographer.
04-08-2010, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by quiltmom04
Originally Posted by Seanette
I have a wall-hanging quilt DMIL made. She passed it along to me when she was going through an accumulation of stuff, and I do like it. The problem is the way the bottom edge won't lie straight. The first photo is the whole quilt, the second is focused in on the problem area, shooting from below to show the gap from the wall.
Ironing is probably not an option, around fabric paint, embroidery, and beads.
I wish my photographic skills were up to showing a rather clever design she worked into a border. I'll see if DH can do better when he gets home, since he's a better photographer.
Ironing is probably not an option, around fabric paint, embroidery, and beads.
I wish my photographic skills were up to showing a rather clever design she worked into a border. I'll see if DH can do better when he gets home, since he's a better photographer.
04-09-2010, 06:34 PM
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What a darling quilt. No wonder you want to fix that bumpy bottom! I have made many Frank Lloyd Wright art glass quilts that have 3/4-inch black Kona cotton "leading" for the length of the wall hanging. Sometimes (well, maybe more times than I care to admit) the finished 1/4-inch "leading" doesn't lay straight. I purchased a plant mister and lightly mist the entire quilt. Once it is slightly damp, I straight pin the binding every two inches to a large particle board. Once it dries I have the straightest and most realistic fabric FLW art glass window. Whichever suggestion you use, good luck!
04-10-2010, 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Belles
What a darling quilt. No wonder you want to fix that bumpy bottom! I have made many Frank Lloyd Wright art glass quilts that have 3/4-inch black Kona cotton "leading" for the length of the wall hanging. Sometimes (well, maybe more times than I care to admit) the finished 1/4-inch "leading" doesn't lay straight. I purchased a plant mister and lightly mist the entire quilt. Once it is slightly damp, I straight pin the binding every two inches to a large particle board. Once it dries I have the straightest and most realistic fabric FLW art glass window. Whichever suggestion you use, good luck!
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