How to Make an Antique Style Quilting Frame
An antique quilting frame is a quilt that you have probably seen your grandmother making. It is a quilt that hangs from the ceiling. You are going to need to know how to hand quilt if you are going to take on this project. You cannot make this type of quilt using a machine.
Figure out which room you would like to hang up your quilt.
Drill a hole that is a fourth of an inch into a ten foot board. Attach some wing nuts and bolts.
Roll out two bags of batting along the length of each of the boards. Tape the bags down. Add batting as needed when you would like the area to be more cushioned.
Put the ceiling hook in the place that you would like it to be in the room that you have decided to put the quilt. Put a cleat to the wall so the ropes will remain tight.
Measure from the ceiling hook to the wall cleat and down to where you are going to be sitting, add five feet to the measurement. Buy the appropriate amount of rope that is going to be used for these measurements.
Lay out two 1-by-4's that are ten feet long on the floor. They should be about five feet from each other. Take some rope and tie it around one of the ends of the rope twice. Tighten down the bolt. Take another section and repeat the process to the other board.
Get all of the rope in your hand and pull it up near the ceiling. Thread the rope through the hook that you have in place. Wrap the rope up and down on the cleat that you have put on the ceiling. Do not raise the frame of the quilt yet.
Take one end of the quilt and put it on the batting of one of the boards. Stitch the end of the quilt to the batting.
Start to roll the quilt on one to the ten foot boards. Wrap the whole quilt around the board except for five feet.
Take one eight foot board and put it on top of the ten foot board. Repeat step nine on the ends of the ten foot board. You should now have a square with all of the boards. Wrap the rope around the top and bottom of the ten foot pole and hold it in place.
Whenever you finish an area of the quilt, loosen up all of the corners of the rope. Roll the quilt on the board that has the least amount of rope. Tighten the ropes on all of the corners.
When you are done working with the quilt, remove the cords from the cleat. Raise the quilt to the ceiling.