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Keeping clothing off the ground with handmade hang tags
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Most likely in response to the fact that parents everywhere rue itchy tags that bug their kids, a lot of kid clothing these days has no tag at all. This is a problem for hanging things up on hooks, and thus, a problem for people like me that are seemingly incapable of keeping the entryway of our house tidy without being able to hang things on hooks.
The solution is simple: Sew on your own hang tag on the most "frequent offenders" of messiness. By hand, this is a five- to seven-minute project. On a machine, if you're the kinda person who knows how to sew, this is about a sixty-second endeavor.
Just take a 3" scrap of ribbon, fold the edges under twice (see schematic) and pin it to the garment you need a hang tag applied to. Pin either side of each folded area to prevent unraveling before you sew. You'll need about a 1 1/2" span of ribbon remaining to make the hang tag convenient, and the reason you want to fold it under twice is to prevent excess fraying.
The brick red line is your garment, the blue is your ribbon, and the thin arrows represent where to sew. From there I think you'll be able to get it just right. Now you can be a little bit more organized with your child's jacket, your infant sling, your kid's favorite blanket... whatever! - Leigh G.
The solution is simple: Sew on your own hang tag on the most "frequent offenders" of messiness. By hand, this is a five- to seven-minute project. On a machine, if you're the kinda person who knows how to sew, this is about a sixty-second endeavor.
Just take a 3" scrap of ribbon, fold the edges under twice (see schematic) and pin it to the garment you need a hang tag applied to. Pin either side of each folded area to prevent unraveling before you sew. You'll need about a 1 1/2" span of ribbon remaining to make the hang tag convenient, and the reason you want to fold it under twice is to prevent excess fraying.
The brick red line is your garment, the blue is your ribbon, and the thin arrows represent where to sew. From there I think you'll be able to get it just right. Now you can be a little bit more organized with your child's jacket, your infant sling, your kid's favorite blanket... whatever! - Leigh G.
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