The Hanger Dilemma

These aren't plastic tubular hangers, but since they are made especially for knits they might do:

length is listed as 16" as opposed the most tubular hanger's 17".and these: adjustable. This site: 16" tubular hangers.HTH,

Beverly

Have you ever seen the Joy Mangano Huggable Hangers on HSN (Home Shopping Network)? They are covered in a velvety type material and do a GREAT job of not leaving 'shoulder bumps' on garments. Another fabulous benefit is that nothing, and I do mean nothing, slips off these amazing hangers. No matter how slippery or satiny, garments do not slide off. The downside is they can be a little expensive and are only sold in sets on the network. They can be purchased on eBay, but they are as expensive, or almost as on tv.

Wal Mart and Bed, Bath, and Beyond both sell these hangers. I bought 4 for $4.72 last week at Wally World. I use regular wooden hangers for all my clothes, but these hangers are truly amazing for those slippery items that seem to want to make their home on the closet floor.

Oh wow those are cool. Thanks :) Only thing is... they are too wide. I need a 14 or a 15"--- something between kiddies (12") and huge (17") I have to adjust all my patterns too. We do use the kiddie hangers for our sleeveless shirts however.

These are all 17 inch hangers. Joy Mangano does make a child's hanger, but like her others, they are expensive.

Just go to your local Dry Cleaner and ask them for the size you need. They might have it , but can get any size and shape, but in boxes of

500 I think.

Hope it helps Jay

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Thanks but the problem is knits and I don't want to put those on wire hangers. I'm sure I'll find something.... somewhere. :)

Phae, have you thought about using scraps of pre quilted fabric, folding it over the wire on the hanger and sewing it on permanently? I've done this, sewing it on the bottom of the wire to hang pants. Don't know why you couldn't also do the same for the sides. For the bottom I needed to fold it at least twice to avoid creases. HTH Barbara in SC

Phae, I've made padded hangers for a friend as a gift.I used the plastic tubulars, covered them with batting and then fabric. It involves hand sewing but is a nice quiet time project. I sketched out the hanger shape and cut a double layer of folded batting

• seam allowance.Keep the fold on top. Cut a hole in the center and slipped it over the the top and stem so it sits on the hanger. I then hand stitched it in place. Keep the batting fairly taught. I then cut pretty quilting fabric using the same basic shape. This time I kept the fold at the bottom. Pinned in place, tucking in the seam allowances, shaping to the hanger and hand stitched in place with a tiny overcast stitch. Put a pretty bow at the stem and had a custom made hanger. I did a dozen of them in a couple of evenings. You can buy the shorter plastic tubular and pad out to the size you need. HTH, Juno

Great idea Bobbie and Juno! If I can find some 14 or 15" tubular hangers, I could certainly do that. Thank you. :)

My dearly departed Grandmother used to triple-up the old wire hangers and cover the bundle with some sort of clever yarn braiding. I've yet to figure out exactly how she did this, but doing the same technique on the modern tubular hangers would certainly help in this regard. Plus, the yarn surface is wonderfully nonslip.

I had a dear friend who bought the plastic wire hangars of different colors and did a crochet stitch to 3 bunched together. They made lovely hangars for slippery dresses & blouses. She had given me a few before she died some

10 years ago, which I still use and treasure. Emily

I am pretty sure my grandma knows how to do that, I used to have a bunch, maybe I still have some. I will ask her to show me than one day I will post it with instructions.

HTH

Michelle Giordano

That reminds me that one of my older sisters' 4-H projects was making slipcovers for wire hangers out of pre-quilted fabric. They were open at the bottom so that you could slip the hanger in, if I recall correctly. That would make it possible to salvage the cover if the hanger got stepped on and bent -- and if covering a plastic hanger, I'd definitely make the cover open; plastic goes brittle and breaks up after a while.

I use wooden suit hangers for nearly everything. When I dry stuff on hangers, the extra width lets air in and prevents creases.

I actually *buy* wire hangers -- for skirts, pants, and lengths of fabric, there's nothing quite so convenient as a wire hanger and two wooden clamp-type clothespins.

Or, for some lengths of fabric, *six* wooden clamp-type clothespins. (One needs a very sturdy closet rod if one is going to hang fabric on it.)

Joy Beeson