How to Sew a Hooded Towel in 15 Minutes for Kids
You can learn How to Sew a Hooded Towel for Kids in 15 Minutes to make bath time fun and cozy! Makes a great gift or learn to sew project.
Servings: 1 Hooded Towel
Cost: $20
Equipment
- Sewing machine
Ingredients
Instructions
- Take the hand towel and turn down one long edge 4 inches (this side will become the wrong side of the towel). Use 2 to 3 pins to hold it this folded edge in place. Go to your sewing machine and stitch one long seam along the finished edge of that folded edge to hold it in place. Set your machine on a straight stitch and be sure to backstitch at both ends of your seam so that it doesn’t come undone.
- If you would like to use some decorative trim on the front of the hood, now is the time to add it. This is optional as it’s just for decoration.Lay the trim about 1 inch from the folded long edge on the right side of the hand towel. Tuck the end of the trim into the folded open end of the towel, and then stitch it down.
- Take the hand towel and fold it, so that the right sides are together, that is so that the side that you want to show with the trim is on the inside.Now if we sew this seam the way that it is, it will make kind of a pointy hood. You may want that on your hood and that is just fine. A point is quite cute- especially on younger kids. But I didn’t want the real pointy hood, I wanted a more rounded shape on the back of the hood.To do that, use a plate as you pattern piece (a saucer, or a dinner plate will work). I love using items from the kitchen when I sew! Ha.Place the plate along the top part of the hood in the corner where you will be sewing (where the folded edge meets the top of the finished edge of the hood). I cut off the corner of the towel around the curved edge of the plate. I didn’t even mark it first. The picture or video really makes this visually easier to understand.
- Now pin along the back of the hood three or four times to hold it in place. You want the binding edges of the towel to be even and it needs to be matching at the bottom as well.Go to your sewing machine and sew this seam. Sew about a half inch seam allowance from the edge around that rounded corner that you just clipped. Then merge the seam to be along the bound edges of the towel and stitch clear to the bottom. Be sure to backstitch at the top and the bottom so it the seam does not come undone.
- Fold your towel in half hamburger style matching the two short edges. When you find the middle of the towel, put a pin along the top edge at that halfway mark to keep track of it. Lay the towel out flat again.Now take the hood and lay it on top of the towel with the inside of the hood up (right side of the hood down). Place it so one inch along the bottom edge of the hood overlaps over the top finished edge of the towel. Match the center of the hood with the placement of the pin that you put in the center of the bath towel. Pin the hood in place.
- With the middle of the hood in place along the top edge of the towel you can stitch a seam along this edge. Again, there is an overlap of about one inch (or a little bit more than an inch) of the hood over the bath towel.Now take this to your sewing machine and stitch along the bound bottom edge of the hand towel. Take your pins out as you go and sew slowly because this is thick for your machine to sew. And again, backstitch both ends to secure the seam.After you’ve sewn the seam, turn your project over and now sew the same way you did before, but on the right side of the towels. You will be stitching the top part of the towel (along the finished edge) down to the hood. This keeps that overlapped fabric from being a little loose flap. Backstitch at both ends.
Video
Notes
I chose to clip out the tag that is along the finished edge of the hood. I thought it would poke the kids when the hood was on their heads.
Clip all the extra loose threads that you’ve left behind on the end of your seams
A way to adapt this for a baby version is found on the post.