Wednesday, October 22, 2014

31 Days of Halloween 2014 - Day 22

With a vision and some imagination this sad, depressing and dreary laundry room ......




became this gorgeous red and black laundry room. With new paint, a new window, and some plaster repair..... okay, and a new washer and dryer. (to replace the dead 30 year old set which weighed a ton according to the delivery guys who took them away).



The sad laundry room had these padded hangers (Boring!)
which would not and could not stay in the new laundry room.

I give you today's project ~ altered clothes hangers !!





The dancing skeleton on the tag is from the $1.50 Michael's bin.  The image was stamped with black Staz-On onto an oval cut piece of frosted shrinky dink plastic. Holes were punched at the top of the oval,  shrunk in the oven, and then sewn on with thread.



During a trip to Florida to visit my snow bird parents I found the perfect fabric for this project. ("snow birds" as used here means those folks in Canada who migrate to the USA to avoid the cold winter season).

The blue fabric on the old hangers was removed carefully so the pieces could be used as the template for the new fabric.

Interfacing was sewn to the dancing skeleton fabric in a grid pattern.  The Skellie fabric was cut using the templates and sewn together by machine. Next, the fabric sleeves were shoved over the foam and the two sides sewn together.  Some grosgrain ribbon and a tag finished off this project.  (And my Dad thought I was crazy when I told him what I was going to do.)


 Now, which one looks better to you?


15 comments:

  1. Oh WOW! FAbulous transformation! Pretty cool appliances too. I'd be doin' laundry day and night. the hangers are just perfect for the new room. xxD

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  2. Wonderful transformation! Love the new room. Brilliant hangers. Way to go, make laundry fun!
    ~kim

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  3. What a fabulous piece of luck finding fabric that goes along sooo well with that stamp!! And don't you just love that down here it's only a dollar bin!! Love the laundry room and the hangers are beautifully brilliant!!

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  4. Love the walls, am envious of the new washer and dryer, and smiling at your definition of snow birds.
    You took away the dungeon atmosphere but added skeletons.
    Very creative.

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  5. Wow. What a makeover. Love the new and improved laundry room. And the clothes hangers and fabulous.

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  6. Could you make me some please? I love the new and improved clothes hanger!!

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  7. Oh how wicked cool!!!! Congrats on the new laundry room, snazzy new machines and those hangers are SPOOKTACULAR!

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  8. Oh the "after" picture, definitely! What a great idea--I never would have thought of this!

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  9. What a fabulous idea!!! I love altered and re-purposed items. Brilliant!!!

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  10. Great transformation, love the hangers.

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  11. So freaking cool I as so doing this

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  12. Wow, what awesome hangers! They look fab in you new laundry room :)

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  13. You just re-invented the padded hanger!! They look awesome, and so do your awesome washer and dryer, I've never seen such fabulous appliances!!

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  14. Wow, what a complete package you crafted! Congrats on the new laundry facilities! You rock!

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  15. nice hangers just dont ask me to use them when I'm over haha

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