H is for Hood

 

I'm still trucking along with the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. It's been a really long week so far, so I unfortunately haven't been able to travel to check out very many other participants in the last two days, but I'm planning on making that up beginning tomorrow afternoon and carrying through the weekend. I'm sorry everyone! I will get to you soon...promise!

After yesterday's fairly labor intensive project, how about an easy one? These hooded towels can be put together in about twenty minutes and require very little sewing knowledge or skill...just my type of project.

To make each towel, you'll need one regular sized bath towel and one (well...technically 1/2) hand towel plus some way to sew them together. That's it.

Ready?

Start by laying your hand towel out horizontally.

Cut the hand towel in half. One of these halves will become your hood. The other half can be set aside to make another hooded towel. Because seriously, after you've seen how easy it is to make these, it will be your go to gift project.

Lay the hand towel onto the bath towel so that the two inside sides are touching. For me, light blue is inside, darker blue is outside.

You're going to sew the hand towel "hood" on making a French seam. First, stitch it down with the two inside pieces touching...

... Then flip it over and stitch across to make a nice pretty inside seam....

...while your outside seam looks totally professional.

Now you're going to sew the hood. You can either do this as a French seam as well, or just sew it together with a basic inside seam. The picture above shows a regular seam but... (little secret here) ... I didn't like the way that laid down, so I ripped it out and sewed a French seam instead (which is what you're seeing in the next picture).

All you have to do is bring the two unattached corners of the hand towel "hood" together and stitch down the seam.

Tada! You have a hood.

See...wasn't that easy? Using this method, your hooded towels will fit ages infant to about age 7. It's just that simple.

Miss any of my A to Z posts so far this year?

1. A is for Anna (Easy Anna Cape)
2. B is for Bath (Appliqued Bath Mat)
3. C is for Child (Children's Growth Ruler)
4. D is for Denim (Denim Bib)
5. E is for Etch (Etched Casserole Dishes)
6. F is for Felt (Felt Hopscotch Mat)
7. G is for Good Night ("Good Night" Envelope Pillows)

Are you visiting from A to Z? 

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I'll see you back here again tomorrow for letter I! Two days left this week!!