Hooded Bath Towel

I know there is a million and a half ways to make these. But this is my way. And I LOVE it. I LOVE it because the design on the towel frames the face and doesn't go across the head. I love it cause the hood actually fits. So choose whose you may. I am sticking with this way... and my boys are hopefully going to LOVE these for Christmas. They have never had one. Imagine that!

Take a hand towel and if you have a fancy machine stitch your child's name across the end of the towel.

Fold the towel in half. I am pointing to wear the name is stitched.

Pin across the top edge of the towel.

Sorry Better Homes and Gardens. Love the towels, but can't have a tag hanging in your face. Cut it off as close as you can without cutting the towel.

Then sew as close to that top seam as you can. See the stitching here?

Now your done with the hood. Only if you are making an adult towel.

For a teenager and child continue on...

So measure 9.5 inches over from the edge that you embroidered the name on and make a pin line all the way down.

Sew up that line. Then Round off the corner. No poking KKK heads around here.

Cut about 1/4 inch from the sewn line.

Turn right sides out.

Take your large towel and find the center and place a pin in it.

Then match it up to the hood for all sizes now. The hood seam should be not touching the large towel.

Then pin them together.

Sew as close to the hemmed line as you can stand. When you sew over the seam make sure it is opened.

And you are done with the hood part if you are making your towel for a teenager. If you aren't...continue on...

For children the hood will be much to tall. Take it down to 12 inches. And round the edge allot more.

Sew and cut off the excess. Now all sizes should be done with the hood, and the hoods should be attached.

The inside seam of the hood looks like this. SCARY...let's fix it. First sew down both of the edges of the seam like shown. I followed the edge of my presser foot.

Then you are going to do what I have done in this video.

So now your seam is all nice and clean. Barely even there fancy that!

And your son models it for you... Yeah, I told him it was for a contest... It's his brothers anyways... he'll have NO idea on Christmas... he forgets things really easily... gotta love it!

See a perfect fit, and no gathering.

So a great gift for any child for any occasion! Make sure you use expensive towels so it will last and it will be soft on their skin after the bath. Those $3.00 towels at Walmart get crusty so fast... splurge on this one. I used the Better Homes And Garden Towels at Walmart. They are larger than regular towels and are so so so soft and thick. The cost was $8.00 for the large towel, and $7.00 for the hand towel. I know, kind of expensive but it will last them for years!

Oh and don't throw away those scraps...bath time friend tutorial coming soon!

And PS. You can purchase these at my etsy shop.