How To Finish A Quilted Wall Hanging

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How to finish a quilted wall hanging.

I am just delighted with the way it turned out. This technique is id. I could use one of the printed fabrics but i don t really want to frame the piece i just want it to run off the page so to say and it needs either brown binding to do that or another method of finishing. Hello victoria i have to thank you for this wonderful tutorial.

Click here to learn how to make a quilt hanging sleeve. From cream cut two 11 2 x 11 inch strips and two 2 x 11 inch strips. Corner sleeves work for small quilts. I have been quilting for several years and hadn t heard of this way of finishing a quilt.

Always consider at least two borders. Using your design wall audition by placing folded pieces of fabric next to your quilt then stand back to see the effect the borders have on the design. I just followed your tutorial exactly and put a facing on a small wall hanging. Turn and cut into fourteen.

The sleeve is marked by the red dotted line. This finishing technique is referred to as the pillow case method or the envelope method. Try different widths and combinations of fabrics. Cut six 1 x.

To finish the quilt. How to finish a quilt without using a binding. An easy way to do this is to simply stitch a tube shaped sleeve across the entire back of the quilt and then run a dowel through it. Slip the dowel over cleats attached to the wall and you have a safe nearly invisible wall hanger that makes your textile the star of the show.

Once the quilting is done the next step is to finish the edges. Another way to hang a quilt on the wall is to sew a fabric tube called a hanging sleeve to the back of the quilt then thread a dowel or a rod through the sleeve to hang the quilt. Stitch black and white strips together lengthwise. Assemble piano key border.

Sew the two remaining strips having the binding extend 1 2 to 1 beyond the project at each end. Assemble sections and inner border. To finish the four ends fold the binding over twice to conceal the raw edge and slipstitch or machine stitch in place. I could use the traditional method of binding a quilt to finish this piece but i have run out of the brown fabric.