Quilt Ladder

7/31/21, 3:53 PM #1

Bill Tindall, E.TN.
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Never heard of it. But grand daughter wanted one for her redecorated room. I told her if she could draw it we could make it. So we fit making one into her week in the shop. The ladder props against the wall and quilts hang off the rungs.

To optimize the size we dry fit 3 rungs and hung quilts to get the space optimum. As a ladder it looks too wide. But as a display for quilts the greater expanse displayed them better. She learned an important lesson in furniture design.

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7/31/21, 4:42 PM #2

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I hope the lesson didn't have anything to do with dropping sharp or heavy objects on bare toes. You need to remind her to wear protective foot covering when in the shop.

I've seen lots of free standing quilt racks, but never a quilt ladder. It should display those works of folk art to better advantage.

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7/31/21, 6:22 PM #3

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Agree with shoes (no sandals) in the shop

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Having dropped a heavy board on my foot and broke a toe some years ago, I now wear steel-toed shoes in the shop.

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7/31/21, 6:57 PM #4

Jim DeLaney, Austintown, Ohio
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I've made several for my wife's friends. Trim the bottoms, and the back edge of the tops so it'll lay snug against the wall, and angle the rungs to the angle of the tilt. I've done them with both parallel sides and splayed ones.

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8/1/21, 5:09 AM #5

Larry Clinton At Frankfort, (Central) Indiana
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Bill, neat work and more memories. My only question is if the sharp edges on the "rungs" may cause a crease or damage after long term storage. Personally I would round over the edges.

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8/1/21, 2:36 PM #6

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Wife's a quilter. I'd use thick dowels.

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The weight increase from repeated quilt folding to fit the width here would increase the pressures on the edges.

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8/1/21, 5:41 PM #7

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I'm not convinced that it matters what a quilt is hung over. Perhaps the concern has some merit for an ancient historically significant quilt with weakened fiber that could hang in a museum for decades. But there isn't anything in a 14 year old's room that will remain in one place for a month.

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8/1/21, 6:13 PM #8

Jim DeLaney, Austintown, Ohio
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Yeah, but a simple roundover on the top edge of the rungs couldn't hurt.

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8/1/21, 7:25 PM #9

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Softened edges.

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

The edges of anything I build are "softened" more or less depending on the application. For something like this ladder the edges were rounded over more than usual because I anticipated it would suffer bumps. Sharp edges don't hold up to bumps, while softened edges may not notice.

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