I did it several times. Not sure if my sleeves would be considered quilt show worthy, but I just made the sleeves according to direction found on several different quilt sites and then hand stitched them to the back of the quilt, using very, very small and tight stitches, and being sure to double stitch every 5th stitch or so. The sleeves can still be pretty easily removed, with no damage to the quilt at all.