Garment protector and method of making said protector

A method of making a garment protector which has an envelope structure and a flap member covering an open side edge in the envelope structure, said flap member being movable manually between a closed position covering the open side edge and overlying the envelope structure and an open position exposing the open side edge to allow a garment on a hanger to be placed into the envelope structure with the hook of the hanger extending outwardly through a slit in a top edge of the protector,

• said method including
• providing a unitary piece of fabric having opposed selvage edges and trailing edge and leading edges having notches therein which serve as means to align the selvage edges when folded inwardly to create the envelope structure, one of said notches coinciding with the central longitudinal axis of the protector and being straddled by a pair of notches which are spaced apart a distance corresponding to the width of the slit that allows the hook of the hanger to pass therethrough,
• folding the fabric inwardly upon itself to create the flap member, and
• sewing the folded fabric along its trailing and leading edges to form seams which form and close the envelope structure, one of said seams being segmented having a gap between the inside ends of the segmented seam which corresponds approximately in width to the slit that allows the hook end of the hanger to pass therethrough.