Make Quilt Wall Hanging Sleeve

The seam allowance for the hanging sleeve will be encased in the binding.

Make quilt wall hanging sleeve.

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. 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.

Cut the sleeve 8 wide x the exact width of 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. This new system requires some give in the sleeve on the quilt so the rod can slip over the hanging hook properly. Allow extra ease in the side of the sleeve away from the quilt back.

Lay out your quilt on a flat surface with the backing up. 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. 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. Step 1 prepare the sleeve.

Angie hodapp demonstrates how to avoid making a sleeve when you finally finish your 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. I hem each end and then fold in half length wise and pin to the top edge when i add the binding.

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. Step by steps instructions for adding a new sleeve. Sew on the quilt binding.

On the shorter 9 sides measure 1 5 in from the raw edges and mark. 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. If your quilt is longer than 90 create the secondary sleeve as instructed above. Whipstitch the lower edge of the sleeve to the quilt.

Leaving the pleat intact pin the sleeve bottom to the quilt. This video will let you hang your quilt with just one hook nail at the same time you make your binding. Fold the ends in twice and again to finish each end of the sleeve. All you have to do is fold two squares in half baste the triangles in two corners of the quilt and add your binding.