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Directions for adding a 4” hanging
sleeve to a finished quilt. 

Fabric for the hanging sleeve can be the same fabric used for the quilt back, muslin or whatever the quilter chooses. Download: Word file>

1. Measure the width of the quilt (side to side).
2. Cut a strip of fabric 9” wide by the side to side measurement. 
3. Hem the 9” ends of the fabric strip by folding under a 1⁄2”, ironing, then folding and ironing again.  Sew close to the edge of the hem. 
4. Fold the fabric in half lengthwise, wrong sides together and sew the length of the fabric with a 1⁄2” seam allowance to create a sleeve. 
5. Center the sleeve’s lengthwise seam facing the quilt back and pin the top of the sleeve approximately 1” below the binding.* 
6. Blindstitch the top edge of the sleeve to the quilt back.  To reduce the pull on the quilt back fabric, catch some of the batting in the stitches.  Avoid stitching through the quilt top. 
7. Allow for a slight outward pucker in the sleeve when pinning the bottom edge to the quilt back.  This extra fullness on the sleeve will accommodate the rod and prevent a bulge on the front of the quilt when the quilt is hung.
8. Blindstitch the bottom edge of the sleeve to the quilt back.  To reduce the pull on the quilt back fabric, catch some of the batting in the stitches.  Avoid stitching through the quilt top.  

*Sleeves may also be sewn on between the quilt back and binding when the binding is sewn on.