Decorative Packaging

Decorative Hangers for all Seasons

These are so cute and a great idea for guest rooms or entry closets where coats go.  They also make great house warming and shower gifts.  Pick your fabric to match the occasion or the décor.  These will help keep dresses that slide off, or slick tops that like to slip off the hanger.  They will encourage your kids to hang up their stuff if you make them hangers from fun fabric.

TO MAKE HANGERS

You will need dishtowels, wooded hangers, needle and thread, poly-fill batting, assorted rickrack and piping, ¾ yard ribbon for each hanger

Hangers

Cut batting into strips 9 inches wide. Wrap each arm of the hanger four thicknesses, baste the batting in place.

Use the template to cut four pieces of fabric, deciding first which directions to run the stripes or patterns, With fabric folded right sides out, cut two pairs of pieced.

To apply piping or rickrack, machine bastes on right sides of two of the pieces along ½ inch seam allowance. If using rick rack, center stitching line along center of rickrack.  If using piping, stitch just to the inside of the cording, making sure that the piping itself is towards the inside of the piece, in either case, apply trim only around the two long, curved sides of the piece, not across the short flat end, which will form the opening.

Lay one piece that has trim attached over one that does not, right sides together, turn pair of pieces over so that the basting side is face up.  Use the basting line as a guide for your seam. Sewing the seam just slightly inside (toward the center of the p9iece) the basting line

Clip seam at curved ends, turn right side out, remove any basting thread that is visible, press

Stuff a 2-inch ball of batting into the end of each half of the hanger cover. Insert batting covered hanger ends into covers, keeping seams straight along top and bottom of hanger. Where the two sides of the cover meet, turn ends inside and slipstitch together by hand.

 Fold ribbon in half and place around neck of hanger with ends hanging in front, pull ribbon around to the back of the hanger an to the top, tie a bow in front, trim ends.

Many of the items you may need to create your own version of this idea can be found on our website by clicking on the link in my post.