Make It: Fabric Wrapped Hangers

We're going to do a 'pretty it up' project today and wrap some boring plastic hangers with fabric.  Sounds simple enough, right?  Well it is!  And the results are quite lovely!  Follow along with these easy steps to make your own.

What you need:
Plastic hanger, with no hooks
Fabric of your choice
Masking tape
Scissors or rotary cutter




If you only have hangers with the little hooks on them for hanging more finicky garments, you can probably cut them off quite easily with sharp blade or scissors.  Don't limit yourself for your fabric options either.  I used vintage upholstery fabric for one, a thinner cotton fabric scraps for another and an old stretchy cotton blend nightgown for the third.  They all worked just fine.  Curious about wire hangers?  Sure... you can use them too!  If using wire hangers, you may want to stick with a lighter weight fabric with a little give to it.

Let's go!

Cut your fabric into strips.  They don't have to be perfectly even, but I would say no wider then 3/4 to 1 inch.

Start at the hook end, wrapping over the very tip first, then just start wrapping the fabric strip down the hanger.

When you get to the end of your strip, tape it down with masking tape.  Tape down the beginning of your next strip of fabric and continue wrapping.  Make sure to wrap the fabric over the tape to hide it.

Continue wrapping all the way around the hanger, until you get back to the middle.  Here are your choices;  a) you can make a loose loop with your fabric strip, wrap the tail end of the strip around the hanger once more, then pull it through the loop to knot off the tail end of the fabric,  b) you can hot glue it!  I knotted mine.

If you like, you can finish it by tying some pretty ribbon around it or even a little lace for some embellishment.

How about whipping up a few of these to give as a shower or housewarming present?  Wrapping a child size hanger would be sweet gift for an expecting mother... especially if it comes with an outfit!

Of course, you could just do them for yourself... you deserve a little pretty too!

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