How To Make Cloth-Lined Hangers From Upcycled Cloth

Make these fairly fabric-covered hangers from upcycled cloth, with this simple DIY from upcycling knowledgeable Linnea Larsson.

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Linnea Larsson, the creator of the brand new e-book Restyle & Restitch for Little Ones, is right here with this intelligent DIY to make candy fabric-covered hangers from upcycled cloth.

Linnea’s e-book has 30 easy initiatives to present your individual favorite garments a second life. With 30 easy upcycled stitching initiatives for creating trendy child garments, from newborns as much as two-year-olds, utilizing your unloved previous garments as the principle supply of supplies.

Linnea reveals you the right way to flip an previous t-shirt right into a romper; a gown shirt right into a bodysuit; and even an previous pair of denims right into a altering bag and mittens! Merely comply with the clear directions and vibrant patterns to make sensible garments utilizing fundamental stitching methods.

There are additionally equipment and objects to create for dwelling ornament from upcycled materials and clothes, comparable to baggage, cushion instances, and sheets, and these fabric-covered hangers.

In case you are a novice sewist, then it might sound advanced. Nevertheless, the initiatives require no superior stitching abilities. Additionally, you will study fundamental textile printing, which is able to assist elevate your materials from well-loved to wow!

How To Make Cloth-Lined Hangers

If you purchase child garments, they generally include a bit of plastic hanger. Many individuals bin these, as they aren’t significantly fairly. Nevertheless, if you’re making child garments then this sample for a ruched fabric-covered hanger makes the proper present to go along with a selfmade garment.

You Will Want

• An previous shirt
• A baby’s coathanger
• Some fairly ribbon
• Two items from the free downloadable sample sheet – download it here

Directions

• Pin the fabric-covered hanger sample items to the material and minimize them out with a 1cm (1⁄2in) seam allowance. Reduce by way of the back and front of the shirt on the identical time.
• Sew the quick facet of the small half to the center of the massive half. Do the identical to the entrance and the again. Place the correct sides collectively and stitch 0.5 cm (1⁄4in) from the sting utilizing a straight sew.
• Flip the correct facet out and press the seam flat so it appears neat.
• Now place each components of the coathanger cowl the correct sides collectively and stitch throughout from mark A to mark B, stitching 1cm (1⁄2in) from the sting.
• Now sew 2cm (3⁄4in) backwards and forwards within the seam allowance on both sides within the curve on the finish of the coathanger. Reduce off the threads about 20cm (73⁄4in) from the final sew. These threads will allow you to assemble the material and cease the material from falling off the coathanger.
• Flip the correct facet out and clip the seam allowance the place the small half is hooked up to the massive half. Insert the coathanger inside the quilt. Pull the threads till the ends of the material attain the ends of the coathanger.
• Tie the threads collectively. Distribute the gathers evenly. Sew the opening along with a stitching machine or by hand.
• End off your fabric-covered hanger with a bow or different ornament.

Linnea’s e-book is out on nineteenth January 2023, and is at the moment accessible from Bookshop.org and Amazon. Do test it out for extra sustainable child clothes inspiration!