I have two bathrooms, one of them is really small (literally a water closet!) I have toyed with the idea of having a magazine rack but can't find a good place to put one. I used to leave magazines on the back of the toilet but they would always get knocked on the floor by one of my kids and get trampled and water damaged from little wet feet coming out of the shower. Then I saw this on pinterest:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/299770918919752488/
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/299770918919752488/
I thought "that would work for my magazines too" so I tried it and it worked, but it looked less than appealing to the eye. That is when I came up with this:
I was pleased with it and so set out to make one for my daughter's room to hold her book next to her bed. This when I decided to do a tutorial on how I make them.
I started out with one of these hangers used for pants at retail stores. Use a pliers to rip off the size tag and you will be set to begin.
Because this was for my daughter I thought I would dress up the hanger with some color so I used a couple of sharpies to fill in some of the grooves. Other ideas I had to fill in those grooves were puff paint or glue mixed with food coloring but I opted for the sharpie for this because I didn't want to wait for it to dry (excited to do my tutorial you know!)
I folded the fabric in half and while keeping it folded I cut it about the size and length of the hanger (not counting the hook.)
This is how it looked after being cut.
I folded the piece of fabric inside out and set the hanger back on top of it, hook to the fold, open end away from the hook. I used a marker to mark each side of where the hook would need to pop out the top of the fabric.
Next, unfold the fabric and cut a line between the marks you made like so.
The hook should fit through the hole as such.
Make a line of hot glue across the base of the hook and press the fabric down onto it.
Flip it over and do the other side.
On each side fold the end of the fabric in so it ends right where the clip is about to begin.
Put a dot of hot glue on the top ridge of the hanger and glue the fabric to it on each side.
Wrap the bottom fabric up and around and hot glue it to the hanger.
Flipping it over, this is how it will look. Before we wrap the other side up, lets create a fold to hide the frayed edges of the fabric. I neglected to show this step very clearly in the photo but I folded the bottom edge (that I am pinching with my finger) up by about a half inch and clued it down to it's self before finishing the wrap and gluing it to the hanger, which I complete in the next step.
Fold the last little bit up and hot glue it down to completely wrap the hanger's body.
If I had been smart I would have wrapped it in the other direction, leaving the seam in the back, but since I was going to embellish it anyway, I didn't get too upset by this oversight as it would be hidden!
I added a little bow, and next a row of sequins that will nicely hide that pesky seam!
Glued on the sequins, and a couple little beads on the bow and it's all done.
And here is it in action.
I was eagerly approached by my son complaining that he didn't get one, so I came up with this. I used denim on this version, and some fabric duct tape cut to fit the bottom of the clamps.
Of course lego's were an obvious choice for this child, but the ideas are really limitless.
Hope you enjoyed the tutorial. They were fun and easy, not to mention quick. If anyone makes one or builds off of my idea I would love for you to post pictures of them!
Hope you enjoyed the tutorial. They were fun and easy, not to mention quick. If anyone makes one or builds off of my idea I would love for you to post pictures of them!