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.
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Child’s Hooded Towel Instructions
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!
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Could you iron on an applique to the towel or would it have to be sewn on?
I’m with Denise. I had made many of these from the Home show. I got super busy and hadn’t made any in a while, when I went to make one for a baby gift…I couldn’t remember how. Had to practically tear one apart. Now I have printed directions!!! Just put it in with my craft items. Thank you!
Thank you so much. I’m going to a baby shower tomorrow, and was able to make one during my kids’ nap today. I am amazed at how fast and easy it was to make something look this good! Actually, I got half way through a second one (for my older son), but my mom called and woke the boys. Oh, well. I’m sure I can finish it easily during another nap.
THANK YOU THANK YOU!! I lost my old printed directions for these off a TV show and many just show the old “sew a hood in the corner of the towel” kind. This is exactly what I needed!
I meant to say I used a whole HAND TOWEL for the hood (not a second bath towel) 🙂
Love this idea! I have made some before, but this way is more simple and works great! I made them for older kids/teenagers and just used a whole bath towel, instead of cutting it in half, to make the hood bigger. The long edge of the towel is what I folded over and added rick-rack. They look great! Thank you so much for the tutorial!
I think what you have done here is great. I would like to use this pattern for my six year old grand daughters and I think the hood is going to be a bit small. Any suggestions on how to use all of the hand towel to make a bigger hood?
Thank you. I was just going to embroidery on a towel for my nephew, but then came across this when I was looking for designs. What timing! Happy Holidyays.
I just made these and they were so easy and came out fabulous!!! I stumbled across your site this morning and think that it is fabulous!!! Great step by step instruction!!!
I have been making these same hooded towels for at least 20 years now. First saw them made on The Carol Duvall show, demo’d by a lady named Debbie I think. All the kids in the family had to have more than one.
This is a fabulous tutorial! I will post a link on my hooded towel post! Thanks for leaving the link on my comment box! We’ll share with our readers. Super cute ric rac.
yay! Thanks so much. I made one for my sisters baby who will be born in november. The directions were very clear and easy to understand. Super cute!
Hey I am going to make one of these for my daughter and son for Christmas but have 2 bath towels for making them. Wondering the size of the hand towel when cut. I might be able to make 2 for each of them by making the hood out of the other towel. So cute.
that was fun, thanks!!!
thank you so much–I love this simple tutorial!! I’m going to be making these for all the kiddos I know this year!