I made this hooded towel for Christmas for my little girl. It is a really simple and quick project made from 1 bath towel and 1/2 of a hand towel.
Cut your hand towel in half
Fold over the finished edge of the hand towel. I folded down just past the ribbing. You want to have about 10 1/2 inches in finished length. Stitch down the edge.
I stitched a little ric -rac to the front.
Fold hand towel in half right sides together, find the middle of the side and mark with a pin.
Bring the folded edge into the middle. You may have to remove the pin while you adjust the towel.
Stitch across the bottom edge making sure you catch all layers of the pleat. When finished stitching, zig zag or overcast your seam to prevent raveling. When you are finished the right side will look like this.
Fold the bath towel in half, right sides together.
Measure over 3-4 inches from the fold and 3-4 inches down from the top and stitch.
Open bath towel flat and open and flatten the tuck. You can baste across the tuck if you want.
The front of the bath towel will look like this when finished
With right sides together, line up center of bath towel and center of hood.
Pin hood to bath towel. You will stitch from the side edge of the hood across to the other side. Be sure to back stitch when starting and stopping to reinforce the seam. I stitched close to the edge along the inside of the towel’s finished edge. (I have not stitched in the following photo)
The finished towel looks like this
Now that it is finished I am wishing I had added another row of ric- rac or that I could find the darling pink towel with rainbow ribbing I originally purchased for this project!
November 29, 2007 at 9:10 pm |
This makes such a great gift. Thanks for the tutorial.
November 30, 2007 at 12:20 am |
What a wonderful Tutorial! I’m going to try it for my son!
November 30, 2007 at 6:32 am |
Great idea! Wonderful tut, I am going to try it as well. Thanks for sharing it with us!
November 30, 2007 at 9:16 am |
This is great! The easiest way I’ve seen this done by far. I have plenty of little nieces and nephews that will love these.
November 30, 2007 at 9:39 am |
cute!
November 30, 2007 at 9:45 am |
Woohoo, you’re back! I knew you’d have some awesome gift ideas! Thank you!
November 30, 2007 at 1:07 pm |
I know what my daughter’s getting for Christmas!
November 30, 2007 at 3:36 pm |
love your hooded towels….i make my a bit different…i use wash cloths.
November 30, 2007 at 7:35 pm |
Very cute! Thanks for the tute!
November 30, 2007 at 9:30 pm |
i have wanted and wanted this EXACT tutorial. too lazy (or busy, maybe) to try it on my own…so thanks! my 5 year old girl still loves those hooded baby towels, but they are all so small on her! i told her i’d make her some new ones…now i know how! thanks!
December 3, 2007 at 3:43 pm |
Thanks for visiting my site – you almost made me cry. Seems like you miss Germany a lot, all of the things you mentioned I love too. To cheer you up you should probably think about the old saying that the grass is always greener on the other side.
Your ideas are great, I bookmarked your crayon roll, that’s probably how you came to visit me?! Thanks for the tutorial, I’ll send you a picture whenever I get to do one.
December 6, 2007 at 12:20 pm |
Thanks for the tutorial. I always loved receiving these as gifts for my kids. Now I can make them for others.
December 12, 2007 at 7:51 pm |
I could kiss you!! I have looked all over the place for this tutorial and don’t know how I landed here. Thank you so much for posting this particular tutorial. It is just what I have been trying to do and needed to double check some details. You are fabulous!!
December 19, 2007 at 1:39 pm |
[…] 19, 2007 · No Comments Skip To My Lou offers instructions and step-by-step photos for making a hooded towel from a regular towel and half of a hand […]
December 20, 2007 at 12:52 pm |
This is adorable. I received a handmade and personalized hooded towel for my son when he was born. He’s six now and still uses it! One of our most treasured gifts. 🙂
December 21, 2007 at 1:20 am |
I love this and will be back after Christmas to follow your tutorial.
Thank you for sharing.
Melissa
January 18, 2008 at 12:53 pm |
I just made one of these for my neice and now that I’m done I wish I would have gotten more towels to make one for my son and nephew too!!
Great tutorial and I love the added pleat and hood ‘gusset’.
February 4, 2008 at 7:12 pm |
bath girl
cool site
March 6, 2008 at 3:14 pm |
Thank you for the tutorial! I just made one for my daughter and my husband was surprised that it did not take me too long to do it! Thank You again!!!
March 14, 2008 at 9:12 pm |
[…] Hooded Towel (skip to my lou) […]
July 7, 2008 at 6:20 pm |
I made three of these this weekend. Your directions were clear and easy to follow! Thanks for the super tutorial.
July 14, 2008 at 7:29 pm |
I just finished making this…Wow! What a great and EASY tutorial. Thanks so much! I’ll definitely add this to my list of quick gifts.
July 24, 2008 at 12:20 pm |
I have twin nieces on the way! I’m adding this to my growing list of projects!
July 24, 2008 at 9:16 pm |
I love the hood… I need to make some of these as presents for the holidays… Thank you for the tutorial…
August 28, 2011 at 12:00 pm |
Dear Owner,
I am Rev.Barry white and i am sending this Email in regards to Order some (Towels ) I will like you to reply me back with the types and size you have.
Also if I may know what types of credit card do you accept as form of payment and what is the % surcharges on each credit card? I will be very glad to hear from you soon with the price ranges of the Towels you have in stock. Thank you …Awaiting to hear from you soon..
Best Regards.
Rev.Barry
November 29, 2012 at 1:32 am |
Cotton or Synthetic, both are good options for bath towels as long as they are nice and clean. `
<a href="Latest blog post straight from our own blog site
http://www.caramoantravel.com/
May 2, 2013 at 11:41 pm |
Thanks for any other informative website. The place else may
I get that type of info written in such a perfect manner?
I have a venture that I’m just now operating on, and I’ve been at the look out for such information.
April 13, 2016 at 9:32 pm |
thank so considerably for your internet site it assists a whole lot.|