You might be thinking..."Two tutorials this week? Are you sure?"
I'm sure!
I thought a little weekend project would be perfect for you folks.
There are a few items I'm going to feature as my "favorite gifts".
This is definitely one of them.
My friend Amy H. in TX gave Evie a hooded towel when she was born.
We use it NONSTOP!
Hooded Bath Towel
-Sewing Machine
-Matching thread to your towels
-1 bath towel
- 1 hand towel
- Scissors
- Scissors
The first thing I do is mark the center of my bath towel
so I know where I want the center of the hood to be.
Then move onto your hand towel.
If you are using a smaller towel for a smaller child,
it may be necessary to cut your hand towel in half(width wise not length wise) to make it size appropriate. I just used it as is, and realized it was HUGE so I had to make an edit which I'll explain in a bit.
Fold your hand towel(or half of hand towel)in half like this:
Now stitch with the fold at the top, pin up the left side and stitch
using a strong stitch. As usual I used triple.
using a strong stitch. As usual I used triple.
Pinned left edge |
Once the seam is sewn, I open the hood to make the triangle shape like this. |
Lay your hood open so that your seam is up the middle of the back.
I have the hood flipped RIGHT side out and the back bottom of it lined up with the top trim of the towel. |
Now you will want to pin the hood to the towel. | ||
It will curve as you pin. Be sure to keep the edges lined up. |
I opened it up so you could see what the back should look like after you stitch it. |
Stitch hood to towel. Again with a very strong stitch.
Okay so I messed mine up by NOT cutting my hand towel in half. The hood was SO large it was too big for me. So I had to rip a bit of the seam on each edge of the hood and fold it back into itself. Then pin and sew so mine looks like this:
See #18.....that is the stitch I'm using. |
I ran out of bobbin thread. |
Inside of the hood. |
Outside of the hood. You can see the stitch I had to make. |
And now it sits right. |
You can add your own personal applique touches using THIS tutorial,
but be sure whatever fabric you use is sturdy enough to handle the washing with towels.
I also made the green and dark green stripe one without so many issues because I went ahead and cut that towel.
Hope you enjoy saving about $13 dollars on your hooded towel.
I paid $7 total for the towel and hand towel at Walmart, and found the same thing online for $20.
Enjoy your weekend
Courtney
Hope you enjoy saving about $13 dollars on your hooded towel.
I paid $7 total for the towel and hand towel at Walmart, and found the same thing online for $20.
Enjoy your weekend
Courtney
I absolutely LOVE this! I'm going to figure a way to whip one up :) They were selling some at the Flowertown Festival for $35 - yikes! They were a little festive, but still...
ReplyDeleteOh my, I love this! I am so going to make one.. maybe for my little pug! Or Bo, haha!! I can't wait to try it!
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