I use an idea that I saw in Houston. I put Command Adhesive strips on the wall, let them sit however long the package says. Stick a metal square on the strip. Put a metal strip in the quilt (you can get them at the hardware store, and luckily, Greg has the correct tools to cut them). Then you use a rare earth magnet to stick the metal strip to the metal square. Use as many as you need depending on the weight of the quilt.

anne1 wrote:
Spackle is a sort of plaster in a jar that you use to fill up little nail holes in walls. You apply it with a putty knife and then level it off. After it dries, then you can paint it. not sure what the name for it might be across the pond? That's funny, I never thought of it being an "odd" word . I've got a jar of it that's years old and still good.
kathy

I work on the principle that I have worked hard all my life and have earned every one of these wrinkles and grey hairs. We need to celebrate and be proud of them all!

anne1 wrote:

Rita you are much to young to need Pollyfiller, wait until you reach my age I have to iron out the wrinkles each morning, do I care? not really
Anne

Well I've done it! I have ordered a "Takker" even DH approves.
Can't wait to get my quilts up.
Happy days
Anne

No Rosemary, Polyfiller is what we use to fill the cracks in our faces at a certain age

I'm not Kathy, but as far as I understand it, spackle is what we call polyfiller in UK.

I hadn't realised you were 'this side of the pond' and no, a lot of 80's houses aren't really tall enough in the ceiling for picture rails.

Rita, I had not heard of "The Takker" what a great invention I am certainly thinking of getting one.
Rosemary, I live in a house built in 1980 so no picture rails unfortunately just big flat walls so an excuse to hang my small quilts.
Kathy, What is "spackle" ?
Thank you everyone for your advice I will keep you posted on the final outcome.
Another beautiful day in Surrey UK
Happy quilting
Anne

I am thinking of asking for the picture rails that used to be in this house to be re-instated in my sewing room. They were very popular in 'older' houses (victorian/1860's - 1930's) houses and is a small wooden 'shelf' that looks similar to coving, about 1.5" deep with a groove on the top edge. These are placed about 2' from the ceiling and are permanant. Then using 'S' hooks you can hang pictures etc from them and change them about whenever you wish, without needing nails or screws etc. - But you will need a duster

I use very small nails. They make holes but nearly invisible if you change your mind.

I have a couple of curtain rods mounted on the two empty walls. I hang the quilts on those. I guess if I take the curtain rods down, I will spackle and paint the holes.

Kathy

I use the command hooks for a multitude of things and have never had any problem with them falling down. I think the key is to leave the hook up for 24 hours before hanging anything on it.

I use a Takker which makes a hole about the size of a thumb tack but holds a lot of weight. They are easy to use so I don't discuss it with my DH as he would start to talk about rawl plugs and drills and things So when he's not looking I quickly put a takker into the wall and the job is done.

Here's a link so that you can see what they are like.

http://www.takker.com/