Measure and cut the sleeve fabric to size for your fabric art.
Make wall hanging sleeve.
The cut size.
This new system requires some give in the sleeve on the quilt so the rod can slip over the hanging hook properly.
A hanging sleeve is a fabric tube sewn to the back of a quilt to make it possible to hang the quilt on the wall.
Step by step hanging sleeve instructions.
Larger quilts require a hanging sleeve attached to the back to accommodate a wooden dowel or decorative curtain rod.
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.
Adding a hanging sleeve may take a few more minutes but it will be worth it in the long run.
The finished sleeve will be less than half of the cut size.
The finished size of my wall hanging is 8 x 15.
A dowel or a rod or a flat board is slipped through the tube then suspended from nails or screws on the wall.
Step by steps instructions for adding a new sleeve.
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.