When we needed to hang the church quilt made for our 25th anniversary, I made a split sleeve--which was like 2 complete sleeves with space in the middle. We were unsure if the quilt would sag and didn't want to take a chance. We used pvc pipe and it did not sag much to everyone's relief! I wish we had gone with a piece of flat plexiglass instead though, because I don't like the hump in the back where the pvc pipe is.