Make Quilt Wall Hanging Sleeve

Lay out your quilt on a flat surface with the backing up.

Make quilt wall hanging sleeve.

On the shorter 9 sides measure 1 5 in from the raw edges and mark. Leaving the pleat intact pin the sleeve bottom to the quilt. Stitch using a scant seam allowance. I cut my hanging sleeve about 6 inches wide by about two inches shorter than the width of the wall hanging.

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. All you have to do is fold two squares in half baste the triangles in two corners of the quilt and add your binding. Step 1 prepare the sleeve.

Using a hand needle whip stitch the bottom edge of the hanging tube to the backing fabric. Cut the sleeve 8 wide x the exact width of your quilt. Cut fabric for your sleeve 9 by the width of quilt. Center the sleeve on the quilt backing about 1 below the binding with the seam facing toward the backing.

To make a 4 wide sleeve measure the width of the top of your quilt. Measure 88 inches up from the bottom of your quilt and mark the backing. Whipstitch the lower edge of the sleeve to the quilt. Fold the ends in twice and again to finish each end of the sleeve.

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. Sew on the quilt binding. The sleeve will pooch out a bit to allow space for a hanging rod. Angie hodapp demonstrates how to avoid making a sleeve when you finally finish your 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. The seam allowance for the hanging sleeve will be encased in the binding. Allow extra ease in the side of the sleeve away from the quilt back. Stitch the sleeve to the edge of the quilt using a 1 8 seam allowance.

I hem each end and then fold in half length wise and pin to the top edge when i add the binding. Cut a strip of fabric 8 1 2 x the width of the finished quilt including binding you may need to piece fabric together if your quilt is large so for example if your quilt measures 48 across at the top cut a strip that is 8 1 2 x 48. If your quilt is longer than 90 create the secondary sleeve as instructed above. 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.