How To Make A Quilted Wall Hanging Sleeve

Step by step hanging sleeve instructions.

How to make a quilted wall hanging sleeve.

To hang without any wall damage get a small brass curtain rod and hang it from two command hooks. Fold the fabric strip in half lengthwise with wrong side inside. Sew a hanging sleeve to the quilt when you sew the binding. To make a 4 wide sleeve measure the width of the top of your quilt.

Step by steps instructions for adding a new sleeve. A dowel or a rod or a flat board is slipped through the tube then suspended from nails or screws on the wall. Smaller quilts can be hung with purchased. This new system requires some give in the sleeve on the quilt so the rod can slip over the hanging hook properly.

I cut my hanging sleeve about 6 inches wide by about two inches shorter than the width of the wall hanging. Center the sleeve along the back of the quilt 1 below the binding with the raw edge seam facing the quilt back basted seam facing you. How to make a hanging sleeve measuring. Let size be your guide when determining how to hang your quilt.

Fold the ends in twice and again to finish each end of the sleeve. 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. How to make an easy quilt hanging sleeve add a hanging sleeve before binding the quilt.

Cut the sleeve 8 wide x the exact width of your quilt. Hanging sleeves are also used to mount quilts at shows and competitions. Stitch using a scant seam allowance. The photograph illustrates a hanging sleeve on the back of.