hanging a quilt
 

hi all you lovely quilters with such great knowledge. I am making a quilt for a friend it is a book shelf quilt and she wants to hang it I have never made a quilt to be hung so I have two questions how do you make a sleeve and attach ? and i usually wash my quilts to get the lovely quilted look but since it will be hang on the wall I do not know if I should. opinions please

This is the method that I use: http://quilts.com/sleeeves.pdf

What I like about this method is that you get 1/2" slack, which is used by the rod, and secondly, you don't have to turn the tube inside right.

I don't believe that I personally would wash it, but it is a matter of personal preference.

Go ahead and wash it. To hang it, just sew a tube of fabric the same width as the quilt, and turn under the raw edges of the tube. Then hand stitch it to the back being careful not to catch more than the back layer in your stitching. Then all you have to do is run a curtain rod or stick through that pocket. Be sure that the rod is longer than the width of the quilt so that there is room to tie a cord to each end of the rod if you are going to do that

I stitch it on to the back of the quilt when I attach the binding. There is strength there and the raw edges are buried under the binding (I do binding by hand) Then I hand stitch the bottom to the back of the quilt. Sometimes if I am lucky, the position of an accent border will allow me to SITD and secure the bottom of the sleeve to the quilt.

I learned by watching Bonnie Browning's (Exec Director of AQS) YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Vd82aSiAA

She also has an entire class on finishing touches on iQuilt.com.

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here is a picture I'm trying to decide on a border which one do you like the bright blue or molted white blue

I like the dark blue. The quilt is awesome.

Of the two fabrics, my preference is the dark blue. I hang my wallhangings by making a pocket and attaching by hand to the top back and bottom back.... then I purchase lathing cut to length and drill holes for the nails...I find that with a wallhanging this size it is nice to have a pocket at the bottom too just to keep it from rippling or hanging away from the wall.

I love the dark blue. When I am making "hanging quilts" I make a sleeve the same way Maniac Quilter does. I like to use café curtain rods which only stick out about 1 1/2 inches from the wall, it gives just enough for depth.

I like the dark blue. Your quilt is very nice. I think the mottled blue competes with the "books" and the dark blue makes them stand out.
Sue