How To Make A Sleeve For A Wall Hanging

A quilt hanging sleeve can be permanent or temporary and it can be sewn on after or at the same time you apply binding a hanging sleeve allows a quilt to hang evenly preventing the stretch that nearly always occurs when you secure the project to a wall with a series of pins or other fasteners.

How to make a sleeve for a wall hanging.

Aqs has the leading hardware for hanging quilts at our shows which may be different than some contestants have used in the past. Step by steps instructions for adding a new sleeve. The cut size. For a larger wall hanging make the sleeve 9 inches long.

Now since my wall hanging is small and a 4 wide sleeve is quite unnecessary i ve cut my strip to 8 x 5 8 for the width of the wall hanging and 5 instead of 8 1 2 which is what you would need to make a 4 wide sleeve. Measure and cut the sleeve fabric to size for your fabric art. Smaller quilts can be hung with purchased clips sewn on tabs or pins applied to the corners. The finished sleeve will be less than half of the cut size.

Adding a hanging sleeve may take a few more minutes but it will be worth it in the long run.