Make Quilt Wall Hanging Sleeve

To hang without any wall damage get a small brass curtain rod and hang it from two command hooks.

Make quilt wall hanging sleeve.

To make a 4 wide sleeve measure the width of the top of your quilt. Angie hodapp demonstrates how to avoid making a sleeve when you finally finish your quilt. Cut the sleeve 8 wide x the exact width of your quilt. Allow extra ease in the side of the sleeve away from the quilt back.

Stitch using a scant seam allowance. This new system requires some give in the sleeve on the quilt so the rod can slip over the hanging hook properly. Measure 88 inches up from the bottom of your quilt and mark the backing. On the shorter 9 sides measure 1 5 in from the raw edges and mark.

Step by steps instructions for adding a new 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. Smooth the sleeve downward along the quilt backing and then make a 1 2 fold along its length to create a pleat. 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. The sleeve will pooch out a bit to allow space for a hanging rod. Leaving the pleat intact pin the sleeve bottom to the quilt. The seam allowance for the hanging sleeve will be encased in the binding.

I cut my hanging sleeve about 6 inches wide by about two inches shorter than the width of the wall hanging. 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. Cut fabric for your sleeve 9 by the width of quilt. Using a hand needle whip stitch the bottom edge of the hanging tube to the backing fabric.

Center the sleeve on the quilt backing about 1 below the binding with the seam facing toward the backing. Whipstitch the lower edge of the sleeve to 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. I hem each end and then fold in half length wise and pin to the top edge when i add the binding.

This video will let you hang your quilt with just one hook nail at the same time you make your binding. Step 1 prepare the sleeve. Sew on the quilt binding. Lay out your quilt on a flat surface with the backing up.