Make Quilt Wall Hanging Sleeve

I cut my hanging sleeve about 6 inches wide by about two inches shorter than the width of the wall hanging.

Make quilt wall hanging sleeve.

Allow extra ease in the side of the sleeve away from the quilt back. To make a 4 wide sleeve measure the width of the top of your quilt. Stitch using a scant seam allowance. Attaching the sleeve s to the quilt back primary sleeve with the open seam against the quilts back pin one long pressed edge just under the finished upper binding edge on the back of the quilt.

Stitching through the backing and batting slip stitch the sleeve along both long edges and the portions of the short folded edges that touch the back. On the shorter 9 sides measure 1 5 in from the raw edges and mark. Using a hand needle whip stitch the bottom edge of the hanging tube to the backing fabric. Step by steps instructions for adding a new sleeve.

To hang without any wall damage get a small brass curtain rod and hang it from two command hooks. Step 1 prepare the sleeve. Angie hodapp demonstrates how to avoid making a sleeve when you finally finish your quilt. This video will let you hang your quilt with just one hook nail at the same time you make your binding.

Whipstitch the lower edge of the sleeve to the quilt. This new system requires some give in the sleeve on the quilt so the rod can slip over the hanging hook properly. Leaving the pleat intact pin the sleeve bottom to the quilt. Fold the ends in twice and again to finish each end of the sleeve.

Cut the sleeve 8 wide x the exact width of your quilt. Measure 88 inches up from the bottom of your quilt and mark the backing. This tutorial is for a 4 quilt hanging sleeve a bit larger than the one shown in the video but a 4 sleeve is standard for many shows here in the u s. Cut fabric for your sleeve 9 by the width of quilt.

If your quilt is longer than 90 create the secondary sleeve as instructed above. Stitch the sleeve to the edge of the quilt using a 1 8 seam allowance. Smooth the sleeve downward along the quilt backing and then make a 1 2 fold along its length to create a pleat. The sleeve will pooch out a bit to allow space for a hanging rod.

Center the sleeve on the quilt backing about 1 below the binding with the seam facing toward the backing. All you have to do is fold two squares in half baste the triangles in two corners of the quilt and add your binding. Sew on the quilt binding. Lay out your quilt on a flat surface with the backing up.