The Pretty Vintage Coat Hanger Project
One of the nicest things about having a blog is when you get that little magic “1” on Facebook which tells you there’s a notification, and then that turns out to be a thumbs up to your blog post.
My friend Jo is pretty good at the ‘ol thumbs up and so to sort of say thanks in return I decided to make her an extra present to go with her Secret Santa gift this year.
Having looked through the wonderful Cath Kidston books (I know I keep banging on about them but they really are brilliant) I decided to go for the pretty coat hangers because they didn’t look too hard and they are all vintage-esque and lovely.
In the pattern it recommends using old tights for the padding but as I was giving it as a gift I figured that was a little, urm, gross, and so decided to use old scraps of material from the tartan skirt project.
The material gets cut into strips and then wrapped around a wooden coat hanger until it’s kind of squidgy (that’s a technical term there for you.)
Wrap material around coat hanger
Then I measured a length of bias binding about 2cm longer than the hook and sewed it into a little tube. It’s a pain in the arse to turn inside out but worth doing for a neater finish.
Next I cut a 25cm by 60cm rectangle out of the most fabulous teapot material and pressed down the edges with the iron.
Gorgeous teapot material!
I marked the centre point and slip-stitched the folds at the short edges.
Slip-stitching the edges of the outer material
Then I stitched along the top edges of the left hand side up to the centre using 5mm running stitches so they could be pulled to form the ruffle and then tied off.
Almost there!
After slotting the coat hanger into the stitched end I then sewed the right side and gathered the threads again to make the ruffles.
All wrapped up and nearly ready to go...
Then all that was left was to make a little bow from the rest of the bias binding and stitch it on to the hanger.
Bow me up Scotty
I gave the hanger to Jo on Saturday and I think she liked it. Hopefully it will keep her dresses looking extra pretty like this:
I <3 this dress!
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