How To: Make Fabric Covered Hangers

Ahh, finally a way to reuse those dry cleaner wire hangers — and we're not talking about jimmying car doors open here. We're talking reusing them as hangers, but prettier...

We love this DIY, because who doesn't have a few unwanted and unsightly wire hangers in their closet? Take some cool vintage fabric or even an unwearable piece of clothing and recover the hanger. Add a little bit of foam or batting at the top of the hanger to prevent "shoulder nipples" and you've got yourself a unique, good looking and free new hanger!

What you’ll need:
- wire hanger
- fabric measuring at least 14” by 9”
- scissors
- pins
- thread
- ruler
- scrap paper
- iron

Get the full tutorial over at Design*Sponge!

Comments (2)

I'm torn between this idea, which is really refined, and instead creating a bunch of hangers out of fallen branches like in this example http://bit.ly/frNXJ. The latter would be perfect for someone who is really earthy, but I'm inclined to go the fabric covered route and take it up a few notches by using repurposed linens and other vintage fabrics (rather than buying new).

posted by lindalucille on September 25th 2009 at 6:24pm
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I use my wire hangers to make small hoop house for my plants. Then I cover with plastic for seed germination or tulle to ward off bugs.

posted by graciela on September 25th 2009 at 7:26pm
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