Pics of custom quilt hangers in use

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Above links show two of my quilts hung in their final display place. I made the hangers out of some Poplar lumber that was left over from the thread cabinet. It is comprised of 2 flat pieces of lumber, each about

3/8" thick and 2" wide that have a groove routed out of each one of them on the inside surface so the the binding of the quilt is contained within the routed area and then the 2 pieces are screwed together and the whole thing is screwed to 3 molly screws placed in the wall. The mondrian is in a new quilting area that I have dedicated to machine quilting that is in the attic. The Janome is the machine there and will be used with the table shown and a machine quilting frame, to be purchased later. I decided to move that machine up there as I only use it for quilting the sandwich and it was spending most of it's time just taking up valuable space on the main quilting room. Now it has it's own place and I can come up there to finish off any large quilts that I am working on without disrupting the main sewing room while doing that stage of the process. The quilt in the stairwell is one of two that will be placed on that wall and is placed up high so as to accommodate the lower placement of the second quilt. I am quite glad to be finally getting around to hanging up quilts on permanent display, that had been just sitting around and not being seen in their entirety.

John

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John
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Ladies, we absolutely MUST find a way to clone this man so we can all have copies of these marvels that he creates. John, ya done good again.... REAL good!!! Everything you make is gorgeous regardless of the materials you use... fabric... wood...

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

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Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

John, Both are just gorgeous! i remember having a dress in the pattern of the first quilt back in the 60's. my mom made it. i cant remember the designer, but i think it was a Simplicity pattern. Is the 2nd quilt a "trip around the world"? very nice. amy

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amy

Yes, the second one is trip around the world. I think that there was a Japanese designer who did some fabric like the Mondrian quilt, about that time. Was it Marimeko, or something like that. It was sort of Swinging sixties and Carnaby street, Beattles era sort of thing. At least what I remember of that era.

John

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John

I don't know who did the Mondrian-style fabric, but if it was Japanese, it wasn't Marimekko. That's a Finnish company. They still make very graphic fabric and other items

Julia in MN

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Julia in MN

Thanks for reminding me. Of course Marimekko is Finnish. I thought that the Japanese designer had a name something like that though. I don't remember just what it was. That style of print was often seen on a sleeveless shift dress on a cute young thing wearing tall white go- go boots and dancing her *** off, around San Francisco, during the late 60's. Ah, The mind plays tricks on you if you lived through the

60's in San Francisco.

John

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John

Howdy!

Way to go, John! I'm all for covering up the white paint on walls (there are no white walls here ). Lovely way to display your work. And such beautiful work it is.

R/Sandy--using hanging sleeves & long dowel rods w/ homemade wooden rod hangers at my house, 'cause I like to hang up quilts

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Sandy Ellison

Oy...now it's sounds like your talking about my mother. lol I've seen pictures of her and she was a knock out by anyone's standards back then (she was nineteen at the time.) To this day she is still considered to be quite beautiful...I get my looks from my dad...sigh! Oh well! Can't help genetics. lol

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simpleseven

Neato. I especially like the uhm..funky fencerail (the first on in the message).

Brian Christiansen

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Brian Christiansen

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