Happy National Quilting Month!

 Happy National Quilting Day,
March 17, 2013...
and all Month long!!

To help celebrate,
I'd like to share with you a couple

of my most recent quilts & a

few hints on how I display &

store them. 

 This coffee themed lap size quilt is made from

Moda's "Daily Grind Coffee Panel".

During the autumn, I had it hanging 

on the only wall without windows, 

in my kitchen's sunroom.
It is my favorite display area,
as I get to see them several times a day. 

I found the pattern a few years ago,
 while shopping at Sew Worth It, in Sarasota, FL,

 with Carol from the blog, Serendipity &

Donna from her blog, Brynwood Needleworks.

What a fun day we had together!   

I don't know if you can tell by these photos, 

but this next quilt, that I had in the same spot,

is called" Winter Welcome" 
by Coach House Designs.

It is a much larger size.

In order to hang various sizes of quilts

on that same blank wall of my sunroom,

I use Command Damage Free Hanging hooks.

   

I buy the ones with the little metal hooks.

I slip a wooden dowel into the hanging sleeve
on the back of my quilt.

I always put a hanging sleeve on my quilts,

just in case I decide to enter them in a show.

It is usually a requirement for their display.

 I make sure that the dowel doesn't

go past the edge of the quilt,

so it won't be seen from the front.

The stick-on hooks are easily changed to 

accomodate whatever size quilt I want to hang.
We use a laser level to get them
positioned correctly or you can
 measure down from the ceiling
on each side. 

Below is a Queen sized toile quilt that I made for my

daughter for her birthday several years ago. 

 Because of its size & weight, I keep it rolled up

around a foam swimming pool noodle!

The foam is first covered by muslin to

protect the quilt fabric. 

By rolling it, this prevents creases from developing in the 

fabric & perhaps thread breakage down the road. 

She said she will come pick it up someday & take it

home, but for the moment, it lives in my sewing room.  

 To store smaller quilts, 

such as my holiday themed quilted table runners 

that I've made for my bakers rack, 

I place an empty cardboard paper towel roll

over a drycleaner pants hanger.

This, too, will prevent creases from forming.

I hate ironing a finished quilt!

   

My newest quilt top was just completed last week

 & I've sent it off to my long arm quilter.

I've named it 'Oh My STARS!!'

If you look closely,

you'll see it is made up of two 

identical blocks.

Only the colors were changed!

  I'll tell you more about it & have some

close up shots, when she

gets done making it extra beautiful with her 

gorgeous thread work.

Oh, & here is another display idea!

Thanks for visiting The Gazebo House!

 I truly appreciate your visits & any comments

you might like to make.

I try very hard to return the visit!

I'll be linking this post to 

The Tablescaper's Seasonal Sundays

  Susan's BNOTP Met Monday,

Yvonne's Tutorials, Tips & Tidbits &
Karen's Quilt Display over at her cute blog
"laugh yourself into Stitches"