At our latest Simple Living Toowoomba workshop Neralie confirmed us learn how to make padded coathanger covers. I had a number of questions afterwards about how she lined the hook so she very kindly made one other couple of coathanger covers and took photographs alongside the best way in order that we might have a tutorial.
This technique of
masking coathangers will go well with any flat coathanger with a wonderful hook. I purchased
plastic lined wire coathangers from Highlight as a result of they’re low-cost, however the
wood coathangers purchased in packs of 6 will work too. A number of the very low-cost
plastic hangers won’t be the best choice.
First, I prefer to have the hook lined. I discover that plastic piping works its manner off
the tip, so I’ve designed a manner of masking the hook with material that may
keep in place. You could possibly substitute the
material with broad lace or ribbon.
I minimize a cloth piece about 4cm broad and twice so long as
the hook. Fold it in half lengthwise proper
sides collectively and stitch the 2 uncooked edges along with a slender seam allowance,
then sew throughout one finish of the tube.
Flip it proper facet out and iron it flat, with the seam on one facet and
the fold on the opposite.
Take arm’s size of stitching thread, double it and
thread it by means of a big needle, convey all 4 threads collectively, ending
with a big robust knot on the finish. You want your needle to have 4 threads
about 30cm lengthy mounted with knot.
From the open finish of your material tube, wriggle the needle and thread
by means of the tube like a worm, to convey the needle out of the closed finish, making
certain you don’t snag the needle on the material on the best way by means of. You could find yourself with a cloth tube and a
good 30cm of 4 threads anchored within the closed finish of the tube.
Now from the closed finish of the material tube, take fairly
giant operating stitches up the folded facet proper to the tip. That is
your gathering sew.
You’ll want to go away sufficient tube area for the
coathanger hook to move by means of.
Thread
the coathanger hook by means of the material tube, pull your gathering thread good and tight so the
finish of the hook is firmly lodged within the closed finish of the tube and the gathering
thread is taut. Now you should use your extra thread to wrap across the base of
the coathanger a number of instances and up by means of the material to carry it in
place.
End with tight knot
that gained’t come undone. You’ll have a
gathered hook cowl that may by no means work its manner off the tip of the hook and
nor will it come unfastened from the coathanger.
Now, the quilt itself.
Out of your material you will have two items not less than 6cm longer than the width of your coathanger and about 3cm wider than what your coathanger measures from the bottom of the hook to the underside. Additionally, you will want two items of some smooth padding materials the identical size however about 2cm narrower. You could possibly use quilt wadding, outdated observe go well with material, flannelette sheets, even an outdated cardigan. End off the underside fringe of the material and padding with a pleasant straight minimize and lay your items out with the material proper sides collectively, then the padding material beneath and on high, with the padding material being about 1 ½ cm above the sting of the quilt material. So, you should have 4 layers: padding, cowl material proper facet up, cowl material proper facet down, padding.
Lay your coathanger over the layers and use a marking pen to mark across the high of your coathanger, leaving margin of material and padding alongside the underside of the coathanger. We’d like this margin as a result of the quilt shall be closed alongside this line and it’s tough to sew too near the coathanger itself. In case you have been utilizing a wood hanger, I would go away a wider margin of material as a result of it could be harder to stitch near a wood hanger because it’s extra cumbersome.
Now sew simply
exterior the marked line from the underside edge, up across the curve of the hanger
(you could have eliminated the hanger in fact) and as much as the place you marked the
neck. You’ll have to go away a gap
right here, simply broad sufficient to move the lined hook by means of later. Again sew both facet of the opening and
proceed round and right down to the sting on the opposite facet. Test the again to see
that you just’ve caught all of the materials, then trim the seam and verify that your neck
gap is open.
From this step you’ll be able to selected a end for the underside
edge. You could possibly merely fold in a seam
allowance and sew it closed on the machine, or you may insert a distinction
material frill, a strip of fairly lace, or a little bit of piping, and even some prairie
factors if the coathanger is for a person.
(Google Prairie factors….they’re easy and helpful trims).
In case you add a frill, minimize a strip of distinction material about 7cm broad and twice so long as the width of the coathanger, end off the quick ends with a folded and sewn edge, fold the material WRONG sides collectively alongside the lengthy facet. Sew a gathering sew alongside the uncooked edge and draw it as much as match alongside the sting of the quilt. Connect it on the precise facet of the sting of the quilt, uncooked edges collectively.
In case you use lace, end off the sides with a fold if it’s
more likely to fray…..and do the identical factor.
I discover one I’ve hooked up the frill it makes it simpler if
I fold it in and stitch a high sew on the precise facet to carry the frill down. We end off by
folding in a seam allowance on each side, pinning it in place, and I choose to
hand sew with a hemming sew on the
again. If you pin it down, place pins
at every finish, and one within the center, then fill
within the gaps. That retains all of it from twisting or buckling.
Now you see why we
made the padding just a little shorter than the material – to scale back bulk when ending off. The final step is to tie a bow on the base of
the hook. A ribbon bow will cowl up the uncooked edges. I at all times use some Gem Bond or one other robust
glue to carry the ribbon in place and to ensure the bow doesn’t come undone. Use
Fray Stopper when you’ve got it….I believe it’s simply glue anyway.
You possibly can cowl two coathangers and one hook with one fats quarter of material. A fats quarter is half a metre of material minimize in half once more, cross clever. So you could have 1 / 4 of a metre of material that’s not minimize from edge to edge off the roll, however minimize half a metre in and half manner throughout…thus ‘fats’. They’re precuts…you’ll be able to’t ask for them to be minimize. It is an affordable manner of shopping for a helpful piece of pricey quilting material, and all quilting retailers and Spotlights have them. In case you purchased a fats quarter to cowl two coathangers you’d want some distinction material for the frill and second hook cowl.
Surprisingly sufficient, these make nice items for women and men
and children. If I do males’s coathangers I
use striped material or discover some novelty material to go well with their pursuits. There may be loads of material with motorbikes,
vehicles, fishing themes, even Star Wars and Harry Potter material seems to be nice. For an older man you may make a dickie
entrance with little black buttons and a bow tie as a substitute of a ribbon. Expend your scraps – sew strips of material
collectively. Use lace to make ornamental trims on the quilt – add buttons or
items of doilies. You could possibly even add a
little pocket on the entrance of the quilt to tuck in a chunk of knickknack or a hair
ribbon or a scrunchie to match. Once I
do gown making for my grandchildren I exploit the left over material to make a
matching hanger. Numerous choices to
consider.
This is a really detailed tutorial that Neralie has written out so many due to her for taking the time to do it. Please let me know if something would not make sense as I could have made some errors when copying and pasting from her authentic tutorial into this weblog publish. She has additionally performed a tutorial for making Pyjama Eaters in order that shall be one thing for down the observe.
Have an amazing week everybody!
