Hooded Bath Towel

My wonderful sister-in-law taught me how to make these fabulous hooded bath towels.  I have made them for my children and quite often for baby shower gifts.  They are fun and easy!

You will need - 

a full size towel

a hand towel the same color as the big towel

ribbon  - if you want to, not required 

thread to match towel

Ok so to start you will need to cut the hand towel in half.  You will only need half of it for one towel so I buy two of the same big towels and have one for the next time I need one.

Next I cut ribbon to the length needed to go across the hand towel.  You can have it wrap under the towel but it is hard to stitch it at the edges so I just turn it under on the front close tot he sides.  The edges will be covered when it is all done.  Sew the ribbon on, it is up to you where you put it on the towel.  I have used satin ribbon before and that is a lot harder to control, I prefer grosgrain ribbon.  I really like the look on 2 inch ribbon but only had on inch for this towel.  

Then I fold the finished edge of the hand towel under and sew along this edge.  You want to make sure that it doesn't overlap your ribbon so you don't have a stitch going through your cute ribbon.

Now fold the hand towel part in half so the ribbon is facing each other.  You are going to sew down the back, the cut part, of the hand towel.  Where you sew this will affect how deep the "hood" of your towel is.  You can adjust this to fit your child.  I usually sew in about an inch and a half from the cut edge.  This can vary depending on how long your hand towel was to start with.

Can you see my stitch?  After it is sewn I cut off the top corner so it will turn under nicely.

Tah Dah...the "hood".

Now to attach it to the towel.  Find the middle of the towel and lay the hood open to find it's middle.

Pin the two pieces together like so.

It should look like this when pinned.  Sew them together.  This is hard because of the thickness so have a strong needle.  I have broken several by not having strong ones.

The completed towel.  

I hope you understood this tutorial and I hope you try to make a hooded towel.  

They really are a lot of fun to make.