Noel Banner Sample

 I'll be teaching a two-day class later this summer to make a small Noel banner. The sample quilt I made is 30" x 40", includes birds, trees and the letters NOEL. I've blogged about making the elements of the quilt here.

It has been quilted in a lovely holiday design, and is ready for me to add the binding and the hanging sleeve.

Here's the hanging sleeve. I always make sure all elements work together. This fabric choice for the hanging sleeve is no accident.

Regular readers know I sew my binding to the BACK of the quilt, and then fold it over and hand stitch

it on the front.

After I sew the binding, I have to sew the hanging sleeve to the quilt. I find this the hardest thing to do because it is a lot of material to hold in my hand. And of course I am paranoid about my stitches showing on the front of the quilt. So I check every few stitches.

Here it is all finished.