Quiltingboard Forums - How to make a quilt wall hanging

I like the colors and pattern you chose for your wall hanging. I am making my first wall hanging also.

For the batting I used Quilter's Dream Polyfusion. Quilter's dream is sold in quilt shops. Poly-fusion is a fusible batting. I called the quilters dream company for advice. They also have poly batting without fusible. You can go to their website for information also. The ladies who answer the phone are very kind and helpful. I received samples in the mail to try their latest batting with the fusible.
For the binding, I made: French Twist Binding:by Gretchen Hudock from the Sept.01 issue of Quilter's Newsletter magazine, under the section: Quiltmakers Workshop. There isn't a website noted in the copy of the article I have.

The binding strips are cut 5" wide. Once folded in half, equal 2.5" wide. The binding is put on like traditional French binding, stitching on the front and folding the binding to the back. The additional width of the binding on the back gives the quilt edges more substance and help the quilt hang straighter....AND 2 pockets are formed that allow you to place small rods at the top and bottom of your wall hanging. Once binding is folded to the back and pinned, From the front side of the quilt, machine stitch in the ditch along the edge of the binding. Next, hand stitch the folded edge of the binding to the quilt back. Do not stitch the mitered edge of the binding..this is where the rod pockets have been formed at the top and bottom edges.

It says in the article, titled, French Twist Binding, that," Gretchen purchases farm supply fiberglass rods that are for electric fence posts, because they do not warp and are heavier than wooden dowels. Thy are easily cut with a fine-tooth saw. She cuts them the width between the stitch in the ditch lines, and then rests the top rod on 2 nails in the wall."

I hope this makes sense. If anyone finds the article online, there are photos with step by step instructions.