How to Make a Hanging Sleeve
By Carol Chapman and Gale Marple, March, 2010
Cut a piece of fabric 9 in. times the width of your quilt. You may need to join 2 pieces of fabric if the quilt is wider than 42 inches.
Hem both 9 in. edges.
Fold this piece in half, lengthwise. If you have joined two pieces, put the seam allowance on the Outside.
Sew a 1/2 inch seam on this lengthwise edge. Now you have a tube.
Turn it right side out. Press this tube so the seam will be somewhere in the middle of the back, not at an edge.
Take a one-inch pleat along the length of the tube on the front side. Press and pin in place. (This takes up 2 inches of material.)
If the Tube will be Permanent: Place top edge of tube under where you will attach the binding. Sew to quilt with binding.
If the Tube will be Temporary: Whip stitch to quilt just under where binding meets the quilt.
Whip stitch the bottom edge of the tube to quilt. You will have a D shaped tube, with the flat side against the quilt, and the curved side facing outward. This helps the quilt to hang nicely. The pole won’t push the front of the quilt outward.