Hooded Bath Towels

Hooded bath towels is a product that is easily available in the market, however when you are making everything special for your little one, your touch is a must. A hooded bath towel is a convenient wrap for your baby. Your baby wrapped in a hooded bath towel looks endearing and makes you to cuddle the little one all the more. A hooded bath towel is designed to have a hood as well, specifically designed to dry the head when the baby has a luxurious head bath. The hooded towel is available in various designs and colors that your baby will look forward to wear. Baby care shops have hooded towels in abundance, with regards to the size and patterns catering to individual baby needs. Nevertheless, as I have mentioned earlier on in the beginning of the hooded towel can have your touch and your feel to it and this is possible only when you plan to make these towels all by yourself.

Make a Hooded Bath Towel - All By Yourself!

It would be such a wonderful and loving sight to behold your little one wrapped snugly, soaking the warmth of the towel. Making a hooded towel is not a task. It is indeed child's play, provided you have basic sewing skills to complement your endeavor!

You Need:

• Hand towel
• Bath towel
• Measuring tape
• Sewing machine

Steps/Instructions

1. First and foremost you need to make the hood. How would you make one? Well, here we go. The hand towel that you have selected should be washed and dried thoroughly.
2. You must decide which side would be the one that will have a direct contact with the baby's skin. Make sure that the side you decide to be the one that will be the insides of the towel should be soft as the baby would be wrapped into the towel.
3. Check the material of the towel and ensure that the texture should be of one that delivers warmth and does not prove harsh to the baby's skin.
4. Now, with the hand towel and the measuring tape in hand, you must measure the width of the hand towel.
5. Fold the towel in such a manner that two halves are formed. Slit the towel into halves. Through this activity, you make sure that the towel becomes appropriate to make a hood.
6. Add some appliques, stitches or make an embroidery design on the outsides of the hood.
7. If you are getting muddled as to what would be the front side of the hood, here is quick help for you. Keep in mind that the side that is cut is opposite the finished edge. The edge will be the front of the hood.
8. The towel can be folded into two halves, with the outsides together to form a square.
9. The seam that has been formed due to the stitching must be turned inside out. The seam when opened will form a triangle shape and have the seam sticking back at the center.
10. Now place a bath towel in such a way that the insides of the towel are facing upwards and measure and mark the center of the towel, so that you are aware of the exact location where the hood has to be placed.
11. Place the hood on the towel. The hood seams must face the outer side of the towel.
12. You could secure the hood temporarily by pining the hood on both the sides.
13. Stitch the hood to the towel.
14. You may stitch some designs on the towel that are similar to the hood.
15. Your hooded bath towel is ready.

Following these instructions will help you in making the hooded bath towels. So the next time you want a hooded bath towel, don't resort to buying it from the kids showroom, you might as well save on the expense and give it your personal touch. This would be a gift that your toddler would cherish and if well preserved would like to use them when he/ she has a little one to care for! Planning for a generation, you see!