I want to make a wall hanging - help!

[minkajane]

My sister came up with this great idea to make a Game of Thrones wall hanging. It's going to have a border of the various sigils of the families surrounding a dragon curled around three eggs. It's going to be done in tapestry crochet.

 

Here's my question - what do I make this out of? I haven't seen thread in enough colors to make this and if I did use thread, I'm not sure it would work with tapestry crochet without looking weird. If I used something else like fingering weight yarn or something, how do I keep it from stretching out like crazy on the wall and distorting the picture? Should I glue it to some kind of background?

[TrinaLRose]

Not sure if this would help but with the wall hanging afghan im making when im done im going to give it to my mother and she is gonna sew a piece of fabric to the back of it so that it could hang and not have any problems with it.

[CrochetKitten]

I recently made my hubby a huge wall hanging from Vanna's choice acrylic--so many colors! I crocheted loops all along the top so we could thread it onto a curtain rod. I was trying to avoid sewing a backing onto it (cause I'm lazy), but if it starts to distort, that's what I'll do.

 

If you choose to do a backing, I'd recommend "quilting" it to the tapestry; that way you don't end up with a shapeless sack. Here's a simple technique: http://thelastpiece.typepad.com/the_last_piece/2011/05/how-to-tie-a-quilt-a-tutorial.html

[Minerva]

Ive made a few wall hangings but they have never been majorly heavy...if I were to make a heavy one id probably us a dowl or pole for it...hth

[Empress Busy Bee]

I don't know but I want to see it when you're done. I love Game of Thrones and ASOIAF.