This idea came about by accident. I made a mistake on the edging I was tatting for a
coat hanger, so I turned it into a motif. Then I thought, wait a minute, I could hang a motif in the centre of the hanger as a different way of decorating it. I think it has a lot of possibilities. This motif is a doodle using
floating chains. Here's a close up:
I managed to find plastic coat hangers in town yesterday in The Plastic Shop, naturally. Unfortunately they're rather complicated things, which doesn't make covering them with ribbon easy. I had visualised a plastic version of the wire ones, a simple triangle, but I'll work with what I have.
good idea, to use the mistake! - will you attach the edging to the coathanger too? Maybe, if there were some way to drill a hole through those cedar balls you can buy for protection against moths, you could incorporate one of those in your motif - functional bead!
ReplyDeleteGood thinking! I've wondered too about putting an edging as well as a motif. I think it'll depend on how complicated the motif is. Simple motif plus edging or more complex motif.
DeleteLove the motif, and the color I love yellow and pearls. When I was in Home Economics we covered hangers many different ways and one that might work for that type hanger is light foam or padding and fabric, then the clothing would not have hanger marks and you could pin dedicates to the hanger. I wore those hangers out. and thinking about it now, tatting would have looked great on them!
ReplyDeleteMy comment was incomplete I meant to say we put fabric over the foam and then it would be cute to put tatting on that. sorry
DeleteI have made covered coat hangers and you're right, decorating them with tatting would be an excellent idea! But I rather like the light look of these ones, a different effect.
Deletethose are interesting hangers. I can see where they would be handy for those skirts with the little hanger loops inside to slip on those sides of the hanger along with the jacket or blouse over the hanger, that is clever.
ReplyDeleteI like your little motif.
Love your motif, great idea for your hangers
ReplyDeleteMargaret