Today we went to Jerry’s True Value across the street and got an 85 inch long aluminum tube to hang the quilt.

Ty decided he’d help. He brought up the ladder from storage, and even measured everything out.

Yesterday I cut a piece of the backing, pinned a two inch tube, and stitched it closed with a basting stitch that didn’t cut through the top layer of the quilt.

Another final shot!

We used two of those 5 lb picture hooks. Ty bent the hook out so it could accommodate the tube. The quilt and tube was 7.2 lbs total.

It is really nice having it up. I knew the walls in this place were pretty tall, but now they feel even taller.

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