Old 03-04-2014, 05:40 PM
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Default Attaching Sleeves to quilts - looking for your comments/thoughts please

So ... I entering 2 quilts in a show that require sleeves to be hung at so many inches from the bottom of larger quilts. For easy math - let's say that's 80 inches from the bottom.

1) I've never attached sleeves but I 'think' making them is going to be easy enough. Hem the ends, sew together, turn inside out and hand stitch to the back.

2) if my end result is supposed to be a 4" sleeve - do I stitch both the top and the bottom of the sleeve to the back of the quilt (with a little give room for the rod)?

3) is 80" where the top of the sleeve goes? or is it 84"?

What else do I need to know?

Thanks in advance!
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