A Gem Exposed... finally

One of my favorite small quilts, otherwise known as a wall hanging, has been mostly hidden in a corner behind my serger for at least a couple years.  I have almost all of my walls filled with something, and available wall space is almost non-existent.  Raggedy and her little buddies are sitting on a box, and she is tethered to the wall so the kitties cannot pull her off the table.

A couple of days ago I decided to organize things in my sewing room a little differently.  My sewing room isn't that small, I actually have 4 sewing machines set up all the time as well as a cutting table and an ironing station.  Problem is I have lots of tools, accessories, quite a quantity of thread and did I say I have some fabric.  Every nook and cranny is occupied.  In my attempt to shuffle things around I thought about this colorful quilt that is quite beautiful... what if I could only see the whole thing.

I came up with considering to hang it on the door, but the door would not be easy to nail or screw something into, besides Ron might not think it was a good plan if I was going to pound nails into it.  

I first found a pant hanger with clips, but when I tried to close the door it wasn't going to happen.  So I retreated to my big comfortable chair that sits almost in the middle of the room.  It has a swivel base and I can turn and view the whole room from one place.  As I sat there surveying the situation, I looked over and saw two over-the-door hangers sitting in the top of the mesh bag hanging on the back of the door.  It was like they were put there with the intent of being ready for just this project.

I got busy and stitched a hanging sleeve on the top backside of the quilt, retrieved a dowel from the garage, and just like that I had my magnificent quilt in total, plain view every time I enter my sewing room.

Now I do have to leave the door closed when I am not in the sewing room because my kitties are treasure hunters and when they are unsupervised they can get into some things they should not.  One never knows what might be hauled down the stairs.  As a result, not only will I see this quilt every time I go in, but the door is always open when I am in there, so I can look up and enjoy its beauty whenever I choose.  It's a quilt that makes me smile when I look at it.

Some of the details that were hidden at the bottom in its previous location.