I wanted to mount my work for the November show so that it could later be removed. To start, I used a staple gun to attach the hook side of Velcro to the painted stretched canvas. The stretcher bars that I used were custom made and thus had a flat rather than rounded edge making it easier to staple gun the Velcro.
Next, I sewed the felt side of the Velcro to grosgrain ribbon on the sewing machine using a wide zig-zag stitch. I sewed the velcro about 1 mm. from the edge, leaving that much grosgrain along the edge so I could then sew the ribbon to the quilt without having to sew through the Velcro. I then sewed the Velcro attached to the ribbon onto all four edges of the quilt using a whip stitch along the edge and secured the other side of the Velcro with a running stitch.
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