The finished size of my wall hanging is 8 x 15.
How to make a sleeve for a wall hanging.
Measure and cut the sleeve fabric to size for your fabric art.
Step by steps instructions for adding a new sleeve.
This new system requires some give in the sleeve on the quilt so the rod can slip over the hanging hook properly.
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.
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.
The finished sleeve will be less than half of the cut size.
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.