How to Make a Quilt Hanger

Displaying your quilt using a hanging sleeve places your quilt front and center. The curtain rod becomes invisible, hidden behind the quilt.
This technique is used in galleries, quilt shows and museums.
Making a quilt hanging sleeve in a few easy steps takes only about 15 minutes.
You will learn how to make a quilt hanging sleeve and how to attach the hanging sleeve to the back of the quilt.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Fabric
• Sewing Machine
• Needle
• Thread
• Pins

1. Cut fabric strip the same width as your quilt and 6 inches long(deep)
   For example: My quilt is 30 inches wide, so my fabric strip is 30 inches wide x 6 inches long(deep).

2. 
    
   Edges stitched 1/2 inch

   Fold edges in toward wrongside 1/2 inch, press then stitch in place.

3. 
    
   Hanger sleeve/ tube stitched lengthwise on wrongside

   Fold fabric(wrongside out) in half lengthwise and stitch edges together forming a tube.

4. 
    
   Hanger sleeve/tube centered and pinned in place

   Turn tube rightside out, press flat.
   Center and pin hanging sleeve to back of quilt 1 inch below top edge.
   By hand, slip stitch in place, so stitches penetrate batting but not the front of your quilt.
   Now your quilt is ready to hang.

Tips & Warnings

• Do not stitch hanging sleeve taut against the quilt; allow some give.