Keep all your gift wrap essentials in one place with this Hanging Holiday Helper!

Made with large pockets for wrapping paper, bows, ribbon, tape, and scissors, this handy-dandy caddy hangs neatly in a closet. Keep your Christmas and holiday wrap organized and easy to access!

Read below for these free project instructions!

To begin, prepare the large gift wrap pocket.

Cut a piece of the solid-colored canvas 20 inches wide by 26 inches high. Using an air erase pen (or other marking tool), measure and mark 5 1/2 inches up on both the right and left sides starting from the bottom corners. Draw a line across the fabric to connect the marks. The area above the line will become the front and sides of the pocket and the area below the line will become the bottom of the pocket.
 

If you have embroidery software, print a template of the designs to use for placement. If you don't have embroidery software, you can cut a piece of paper the shape and dimensions of the designs to help with placement and centering. Trim around the design to make it easy to place.

We are placing the first design in the center front of the pocket. Poke a hole in the center of the template and align it with the center point on the fabric. Make sure the design fits well within the shape. There should be at least one inch of space between the edges of the design and the outer edges of the shape. Then, mark the horizontal axis points.
 

Align the other templates about one inch above and below the first template. Poke a hole in the center of the templates and mark the fabric. Also, mark the horizontal and vertical axis points.

Remove the templates and draw lines connecting the axis points. These lines will be used for hooping. 

Spray a piece of cutaway stabilizer with temporary adhesive. Smooth the stabilizer over the backside of the area to be embroidered (we are embroidering the center design first). Hoop the fabric and stabilizer together by aligning the marks on the hoop with the lines on the fabric.

Attach the hoop to the machine and load the first design. Move the hoop so that the needle is directly over the center point on the fabric.

Embroider the design.

After the first design has sewn, re-hoop the fabric for the second design and begin embroidering. Repeat the hooping and embroidering process for all the designs. 

After all the designs have sewn, trim away the excess stabilizer on the backside of the embroidery.

Prepare the lining of the pocket by cutting another piece of the solid-colored canvas 20 inches wide by 26 inches high. Align the embroidered piece on top, wrong sides together.

Cut a piece of the quilt binding a bit longer than the width of the top edge of the fabric.  Wrap the binding around the top edge the fabric (both layers) and pin in place. Also, pin the fabric layers together along the sides and bottom. 

Sew a seam along the inside edge of the binding and also sew a 1/4 inch seam along the sides and bottom of the fabric.

Mark 5 1/2 inches in along the bottom edge starting at both bottom corners and along the existing line starting at the side edges. Draw lines connecting these marks, doing this will create a 5 1/2 inch by 5 1/2 inch square in each bottom corner. These lines will be used to fold the fabric and create the bottom of the pocket.

Create the corners on the bottom of the pocket by aligning the lines together on the fabric.

Pin the corners in place on the lining side. 

Lay the excess fabric flat on top of the short end (align the straight edges together). Pin in place.

Sew a 1/4 inch seam along the straight outer edge.

Then, sew a 1/8 inch seam along the folds on the outside of the pocket.

Poke a hole in the center of the template and align it with the center point on the fabric.  Make sure the design fits well within the shape. There should be at least one inch of space between the edges of the design and the edges of the shapes.

Now create the main "body" of the organizer.

Cut two pieces of the print canvas to 23 inches wide by 50 inches high. Align the two pieces together with the right sides facing. Then, lay the coat hanger with the top edge about 1/2 inch from the top edge of the fabric. Trace the shape of the hanger about 1/2 inch from the top edge (continue the shape to the edges of the fabric).

Pin the fabric together along the inner edge of the shape and along the side edges of the fabric.

Cut out the shape at the top of the fabric (cut through both layers).

Turn the fabric right side out and press the seams with an iron. Insert the hanger inside the organizer. Sew a few stitches through both layers of fabric right below the center top of the hanger to keep it in place.

Now add the small pockets. Add the pockets to the top of the body about 1 1/2 inch from the bottom of the hanger and about 1/2 inch from the outer edges. Pin in place and sew a 1/4 inch seam around the side and bottom edges only.

Wrap bias tape along the top edge, pin in place, and sew a seam along the inner edge of the tape.

Finally, we will prepare the four side pockets. Cut four pieces of the clear vinyl 16 inches wide by 14 inches high. Using a permanent marker (we used red so that it coordinates with the fabric) mark 5 1/2 inches in from each bottom corner. Then, mark 5 1/2 inches up from each bottom corner. Draw lines to connect these marks creating a 5 1/2 inch by 5 1/2 inch square in each bottom corner.

Wrap bias tape along the top edge of the vinyl and sew a seam along the inner edge of the tape.

Add the second pocket underneath the first by aligning the bottom of the pocket with the bottom of the large pocket.  Add quilt binding to the tabs and pin in place.