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.

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.

Also, get rid of the hanging wire, that might be a part of the problem.

cjomomma

this may seem like strange suggestion but how about a little piece of double sided fabric tape, it should stick to the wall also. I don't know if it will work. The other suggestion would be to attach a dowel rod to the back to keep it straight.

Seanette

I'm worried about what steam might do to the fabric paint, and I do need a wire or something to hang the thing.

CAROLJ

You could try adding drapery weights, I think the double sided fabric tape idea or velcro would work if you didn't want to block it with steam. I use velcro to keep paintings from shifting.

Pam

I paint most of my art quilts, and the steam sets the paint. You could also mist it and let it dry, but stretching it out once the fabrics "release" and allowing it to dry stretched out is the key. Let us know how you fare.

As for getting rid of the wire, make a small hole in the hanging sleeve to allow for the nail. A little fray check will work fine for fixing the hole.

ktbb

a couple of ideas...

first - they now sell magnetic hanger systems for quilts that would replace the need for the wire

next...have you thought about putting the quilt on a stretcher frame and hanging it like a picture? You could add a band of fabric to the back of the quilt by stitching in the ditch at the edge of the binding. Then find an artist stretcher frame at Joann's or Hancocks or Michaels and after centering the quilt on the front, staple it in place on the frame through the fabric band you stapled on...this will help ensure that the quilt itself is not damaged and will be kept taut and square while hanging. If you need help in the stretching, spritz the quilt so it works with you then it will tighten up as it dries in place.

...as a variation to the previous idea, you might purchase a stretched canvas on a frame that is big enough for the quilt to be stitched to the canvas - before you stitch it on, paint the canvas a complimentary color.

...or even have the framing department at Joann's frame it for you..that way they do the hard work of stretching, and centering.

zz-pd

I love it, I would get it wet and get something heavy set on it while it dryed just the problem area. Penny

Jingle

Replace the wire with a fabric casing top and bottom and use dowels, hang from curtain brackets like a curtain. Look through the threads on here and you'll find how to do it.

LindaR

could you do a running stitch along the bottom and draw it up til it layed flat...thats what I would do, or sew a dowel to the bottom like someone else suggested just to weight it