My wife is a quilter, crocheter, cross stitcher, etc. She wanted to hang her  biggest , most complicated quilt on the wall.  It is huge and weight was an issue. She showed me some available wall clamps, she didn't want to damage the quilt. I didn't like what I saw, but did like one concept.  It involved a marble clamp that hung on the  wall. when you shoved the quilt in, it pushed the marble in a hole. When you pulled down, the marble would come down and clamp the quilt. This is what I made. I made 6, This also the quilt.  She didn't like the original corner details on the quilt so I made a design that she liked and that is it on each corner

Very ingenious Ron, love it. It's amazing how the simplest idea can hold something like this against a wall! Thanks for sharing and giving us some inspiration Ron.

That is a great idea ,Ron, how does it attach to the wall?  Those look like kind of big marbles .

good going,

Herb

great idea Ron..

your wife's quilting looks to be suburb too...

I agree with Stick on both accounts!

Cal

37 minutes ago, clhyer said:

I agree with Stick on both accounts!

Cal

DITTO!

John

I made 6 of them  2"x 6" with large marbles. They are attached to a board the same width as the quilt and the board is screwed to the wall. Was difficult to hang as she wanted it. Ceiling is bout 18'

I agree with the rest of the guys, her quilting is AAA+++

 

Herb

That's a cool idea, Ron!

 

Your wife's work is extraordinary!! Quilting seems to be a dying art.

 

My Mom (age 91) no longer does this but she (and her family) made lots of quilts over the years. Mom has  a quilt from her sister's mother . Her sister passed away about 10 years ago and was in her mid 90's. The quilt was made before her sister was born. I made a quilt display holder from plans in Woodsmith magazine many years ago. 

I made her a couple of quilt racks. One was a redesign of a piece of junk she bought, an eight footer. I designed and built a smaller baby quilt. I'll have to post some pictues.