How To Make A Sleeve For A Wall Hanging

Larger quilts require a hanging sleeve attached to the back to accommodate a wooden dowel or decorative curtain rod.

How to make a sleeve for a wall hanging.

Measure and cut the sleeve fabric to size for your fabric art. The cut size. For a larger wall hanging make the sleeve 9 inches long. Aqs has the leading hardware for hanging quilts at our shows which may be different than some contestants have used in the past.

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. This new system requires some give in the sleeve on the quilt so the rod can slip over the hanging hook properly. Adding a hanging sleeve may take a few more minutes but it will be worth it in the long run. 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.