I have a back stairs in my kitchen which leads up to a hallway. Am in the process of having it painted soon and would like to display my smaller and medium sized wall hangings here. Usually I do a wrought iron curtain rod but don't think that will work well here as people will hit them going up and down. Would velcro work if the hanging wasn't really heavy? Though if it took the paint off my husband would not be too happy. Any ideas?

Try the 3M hooks. They won't mess up the paint. I used the large size with a cafe rod for a large wallquilt.

I havae the wooded things that are stuck n screws and then the quilt project is slid up int the bloxks and held by marbles, but my fav's are the ones that 2 parts that screw together when you put the edges in.. mine are on the pantry door (screw type) and on the utility room door.
I thought I had cut out the top part of this picture but I see it didn't work .. anyway just look at the things on top

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On my smaller wall hangings I put a triangle on each top corner and then use a dowel rod. You can tie a ribbon over the dowel and hang it that way or you can put two push pins in the wall about an inch apart and hang the dowel over the push pins. They hang very flat to the wall either way.

In this pic the binding isn't finished on the back yet so you can see how the triangles are done.

I tried the velcro thing and it did take the paint off, in addition to some of the plaster!!
what a mess.
I would not recommend it.

Scissor queen - what a great idea - thanks.

I do mine like ScissorQueen but just usually use 1 tiny brad/nail,used sewing needle or straight pin to hold them on the wall.
edited to add,
I don'tuse a dowel rod,I use a flat leftover piece of wall trim/molding that is just 1/4 inch thick by 1 inch wide. It stays flatter to the wall

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I'm with Musiclady. The velcro makes a big mess on the drywall. I certainly don't recommend it.
I did use triangles and a flat slat to hang a WH and it worked very well. Tho, as you said, if people bump up against them, they will tend to fall down.

I use the wooden yardsticks we used to get free at the hardware stores--still very reasonable cost. I make a sleeve for the back of the quilt and depending on the leangth, cut the stick and staple picture hangers on it. I have several large wall hangings that take two sticks. Just have to leave spaces in the sleeve so the hooks can be attached. I like this method because they lay flat on the wall.

I use dowels or wooden lath strips (the yard sticks mentioned above would work great) through a sleeve attached to the back of the quilt. I make that sleeve about 1/2 inch less on each side than the quilt width, but cut the dowel or lath the width of the quilt. Then I drill (or have my husband drill) small holes in the ends of the dowel or lath. I hang the whole think with small head finishing nails and am usually able to even slip the quilt and dowel up off the nails for cleaning.

This technique works for all size quilts, protects the quilt by having a sleeve all the way across the top (I make a tube that gets hand stitched on top and bottom--dowel goes through the tube, not touching the quilt), and allows the quilt to lie flat against the wall.
Wall damage is very minimal: two very small holes. On plaster walls I put a small piece of tape on the wall before putting in the nail.

Have fun hanging your quilts.

Deb

I realize I might not have been clear in my last post.

The holes go in the dowel or lath 1/2 inch or so from the end. The nail goes through the hole into the wall. Depending on the size of the nail heads and the holes drilled, you may be able to lift the quilt off without removing the nails.

I have to post this. Every time I read the title "how do you hang your wallhangings" I want to respond: "with a noose!"

Today was half a bummer, I just needed to find a laugh. Thanks.