Cub Scout Uniform Hanger

It is getting close to the end of another Cub Scout year. This means more and more of our scouts are losing parts of their uniform or forgetting their books. On pinterst I found how to make a Scout Book hanging pocket (bluesusanmakes.blogspot.com). So, for the next few weeks I am using my sewing skills to solve lost Cub Scout uniform parts problems.

If you find yourself in a similar situation with your scout you might want to sew one for yourself.  Of course if you are not a sewer you can always purchase these custom hangers from lulascreations.com or my Etsy.com shop. (as soon as I get finished making for our 14 scouts)

To start you will need a medium weight fabric, bias tape and a hanger.

Cut your fabric to 11” X 20”

I embroidered each of our scouts name on each their pocket. If you don’t have an embroidery machine you can skip this step

Sew bias tape to one 11” side

Fold up 7” to form pocket then mark ¼ “seam. (I use a chalk pencil)

Fold edge toward back ¼” two times (where those marks come handy) press, and stitch

Press top 1/4 “toward back (you can mark this again if needed) press

Fold top 1” toward back and press again. Put on hanger, pin and stitch.

 To decrease sliding I sewed a second time closer to the hanger.

 

Hopefully this will decrease the number of scouts with lost rank beads, slides and neckerchiefs. This will make an excellent end of year gift to your scouts for all their hard work and accomplishments.

Just keep sewing