Our church created a quilted hanging to celebrate our 250th anniversary several years ago. I was involved in most of the hand quilting. The finished quilt was at least 12' by 12'. Another quilter created a picture of the building with applique that we used for the center. It included the famous oak tree that overshadows the building as well a few of the tombstones in the old cemetery that is on two sides of the building. It was probably 4' by 3'. The rest of the quilt was made of pieced house blocks with each family's name embroidered under the house. The house blocks surrounded the center appliqued church block. There was at least a 6 inch border around the whole thing that had the church's motto embroidered on it. I did the majority of the hand quilting on the center block and probably a 1/4 of the quilting on the name blocks. I think I did most of the machine embroidery on the sashing etc. Luckily others were able to do the assembly as I would not have been able to handle the weight of that much fabric. It hangs in the room next to our sanctuary that we use for smaller services and our almost weekly coffee hour after services. From my seat in the choir loft I can see it when the dividing wall is open many Sunday mornings. I believe it was hung with the most heavy duty drapery rod and set up they could find. The sleeve was made by making the top extra long and sewing it to the backing so there was one less stitched seam to be stressed. It has been hanging there for at least 5 years without any problems that I am aware of.