Mary's Quilting Tips- How to attach your hanging sleeve in the binding step.

Adding a sleeve for hanging your quilt is much easier to do when you are attaching the binding to the quilt. The end result will be a quilt that hangs more evenly and securely.  

 

 

1. Cut a Strip of fabric 10" wide and 11/2" shorter than the width of your quilt.

  

2. Finish the short ends of the sleeve using a 1/4" hem. 

Stitch and press. 

 

3. Fold the sleeve's long raw edges together bottom to top with the wring sides together. Press. 

 

4. Stitch the binding to the front of the quilt using a 1/4" seam allowance.

 

  

5. Place a pin at the centers of the quilt top edge and the sleeves raw edges. Align pins, then pin together the sleeve and quilt top. Stitch through all layers with an 1/8" seam allowance back stitching at both ends.   

 

6. Fold the binding to the back of the quilt. Pin and blind stitch the binding in place encasing the top of the sleeve in the binding. 

7. After the binding is sewn on, pin the underneath sides of the short stitched sleeve ends, (the ones that touch the back of the quilt) then the long bottom edge of the sleeve. Blind stitch in place. Add a couple of extra stitches at the sleeve top and bottom corners to add  strength to the sleeve.

8. Cut a dowel or wooden slat the same length as your finished sleeve. Attach a 1/2" screw eye hardware to each end of the wooden dowel or slat. Thread the dowel through the sleeve opening making sure the screw eye is protruding beyond the edge of the sleeve ends for hanging. Your quilt is now ready to hang.