DB Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Hi all, I have a question that I hope someone can help me with. Several of my friends and I are planning a quilt show in May. I have been trying to find the frames to hang and display the quilts, you know the ones that are used in the shows. I have seen wooden and metal ones used at shows but can't located them for purchase. Does any one know where I could obtain these or who manufactures them? DB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 All the local shows that I've been associated with in the Northern Nevada area were home made by soemones husband.... ours were made from 2x4 frames and PVC pipe. <aybe someone else knows of a ready made system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandraC Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 For our quilt shows, we contact a general rent-all company. The have the "racks" that are made of a kind of white PVC piping. We take a piece of fabric and have a quilt pinned well to either side and drape them over the top so a quilt is hanging on either side of the pipes. Kind of makes me cringe to think of us pinning the quilts up, but we use many pins so it doesn't seem to be pulling on the quilt. We are lucky, as this company comes in before the show and installs the racks, then takes them down at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 I love the show they do in California where they hang the quilts from huge clotheslines strung up in the trees. Very pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsigler Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Husbands designed and made ours too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starmona Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Here is a site that sells the hanging quilt frames. http://www.craftgard.com/site/craftgard_index.cfm Romona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 For that price you could buy a bunch of lumber and make them more solid....I would be scared that the ones on the link would get pushed over should you have a breeze come through your hall or if you have it outside....and I don't think you can hang two quilts back to back on that frame. Just an additional thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltaholi_518 Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 We rent ours as well. The last show our guild had we hung 300 quilts, and the racks cost about $2300 for the weekend. But that was alot of racks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted March 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Thank you all for your replies. Thank you Ramona for the web site, I wasn't able to locate any when I did an internet search. The one shown at Craft Guard is a little concerning because of the spread on the footing. I would be afraid of someone tripping. We had also thought of an outside show, I have a small orchard and thought that some of the trees would still be in bloom, so hanging the quilts between the trees would be pretty. The big problem with that is the weather, it's so unpredictable, if it rained we'd be doomed. Last week it was about 5-15 degrees, today it's supposed to hit 70. DB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Teresa, I remember a post with a link to that show. I think it was Cheryl Uribe that posted it; it's in her neck of the woods. Does anybody know for sure where and when that show is? It looked like such fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrystitcher Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Several Iowa quilt shows use the PVC pipe frames. They put white or black fabric on the PVC pipes like curtains and then some use skirt hangers to hook the quilts to the PVC pipe. The white/black drapes give a good background for all the quilts and no possible damage to the quilts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clovismom Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Linda Quilting in the Garden is held each September at Alden Lane Nursery, this year they will be hanging the American Patchwork & Quilting Collection Alden Lane Nursery 981 Alden Lane Livermore, CA 94550 Raquel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Our Guild quilt show used rented pipe-and-drape (official commercial name for systems used at trade shows to separate vendors) It is pricey but wonderful. They set up, our volunteers pin the quilts to the drape, we take the quilts down, and they dismantle. The system is very stable and safe. To hang over three hundred quilts in three large areas for three days cost us over $4000. Whew! We will do it again this year without a second thought because borrowing stands, storing them, setting up and taking down and getting all the stands back to the correct owners took a week's work besides the two days of the show. Too much wear-and-tear on our group of willing volunteers! Good luck with your show. Linda Rech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starmona Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 I know the quilt frames at craft gaurd are a little pricey. They are what we use in our guild for our quilt shows and we have never had a problem with them and we have also hung quilts front and back. They do fold up nicely and go into a dufflebag type thing. But you have to do what is right for you. I can see where if they were outside they might blow over. One nice thing about them is you don't need a sleeve to hang the quilts. Have a great day everyone. Romona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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