In order to have a good result, I drew some examples on a sheet of paper in order to have a clear idea on how I was going to make each letter. You can compare" writing" the name with a wire to writing in cursive letters your pen cannot leave the sheet and you have to write the entire word in one go with a continuous line. Notebook and pen To write what you want to make in one go. While making my hanger, I often put it on top of the template to compare the size, angles and so on. You can see on the picture below the thickness difference between my white coated PVC wire and the standard wire hanger A standard wire hanger I used a standard wire hanger as a template to have an idea of the measurement or a normal hanger. With my 3.2mm one it was not easy to bend the wire and make nice round letters. It'll still provide enough stability so your hanger will be solid while give your more flexibility to make nice letters and curl the wire the way you want. I'd recommend to take a wire 2.5mm thick max. The wire has a section of 3.2mm which is very thick. It's actually meant to be used as a drying line in the garden. I've finally found a white fence wire coated with PVC. Wire In the nearest DIY shop they didn't have the same type of wire like normally used for wire hangers. If it's not the case for you, you'll obviously need cutting pliers. Usually these type of pliers can cut the wire too. And the thinner one to make the little curls. The bigger one to make the sharp angles and to pinch the wire so it'd stay in place.
Pliers I used two different type of pliers. Here's the picture EDIT 11/09 - I made two other hangers tonight EDIT 04/08 - I made another hanger tonight for a little girl named elvie.
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You can see other hangers on lilafrances' profile (see link above) it'll give you some ideas on how to make the letters. This hanger on the picture was my first one, in the meantime, I've improved my "n" and "s". = instant karma for me -) As you've guessed by now, my son is named Sean. But now thanks to this marvellous idea I'll have super cool personalized custom handmade presents for all my firends' little ones. Also, a lot of our friends are in their thirties and babies are popping up everywhere, this of course represents quite a budget in baby presents. Anyway, as I have a 11 months old baby boy and as we received tons of clothes for him (he even has more clothes than me or my wife), we're constantly lacking hangers, so I've decided to make some for him based on lilafrances' idea from Etsy. I loved the idea and thought it was first of all very easy to make but also very unique. One day I discovered via the Inhabitots' newsletter to which I'm subscribed to (), someone who was making custom made hangers for baby clothes. This instructable describes how to make a personalized wire hanger with a person's name built-in so it's looks cool and stylish in your child's wardrobe -).
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