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From: MarciaK
Date: 08-05-2004, 03:03 AM (1 of 9)
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Help! I'm in a hurry. Does anyone know how to make these? I don't have time to browse the stores to find one. Too many things going on at once. If I go shopping, I may not find what I'm looking for, but you can bet I'll spend money on something. You know...like a milk and bread run that costs $60.00 |
User: MarciaK
Member since: 02-06-2004 Total posts: 32 
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From: Mother in Law
Date: 08-05-2004, 03:46 AM (2 of 9)
| Know what you mean about the milk and bread run. I didn't make any baby towels but I did make my grandkids some hooded towel for the pool. What I did was this. I took a hand towel and a bath towel. Open the bath towel up short sides of the towel will be the side of the bath rap. Then I took the hand towel and folded it in half on the short side and stitched one short side to the other short side. This makes the hood part and then the bottom of the hand towel, (the long side can be sewn to the bath towels long side. Place the hand towel directly in the middle of the long side of the bath towel. Embellish with baby lace or in my case I embroidied on the towel and used piping for the trim. They came out cute. The more I added the better it looked. |
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From: plrlegal
Date: 08-05-2004, 10:14 AM (3 of 9)
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Here'a website that has just the instructions for making a hooded baby bath towel. http://tntn.essortment.com/babyhoodedtowe_riso.htm Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
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From: dmoses
Date: 08-05-2004, 10:15 AM (4 of 9)
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Susie, Your towels sound really cute. What kinds of things did you embroider on them? MarciaK, The hooded baby towels you buy are usually square-shaped. The hood is a triangular piece that is placed over one corner. The corners are then rounded, and seam binding is used all around it. Don't forget to bind the straight edge of the hood first. If you are going to embellish in any way, do that first. A lot of the premade ones have little embroideries or appliques on the hooded part. If you have fabric left over, you can make a couple of face cloths to match. For toddlers, I have made poncho-style towels(cute for the beach, too). You would need a bath towel. Cut a hole in the middle large enough for the head to get through, and add a hood(maybe use a hand towel for this). Susie's method is much easier, since you're not dealing with sewing a circle. Take care,
Donna |
User: dmoses
Member since: 02-22-2002 Total posts: 964 
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From: MarciaK
Date: 08-05-2004, 11:03 PM (5 of 9)
| Thank you all very much! Now I'm going to experiment. This is supposed to be a shower gift, but I think I may make them for my grandkids as well. I'm going to ba a towel-making Granny. |
User: MarciaK
Member since: 02-06-2004 Total posts: 32
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From: Mother in Law
Date: 08-06-2004, 02:04 AM (6 of 9)
| I hear that. I made 6 of them for my grandkids. Let us know how they come out. |
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From: MarciaK
Date: 08-12-2004, 12:15 AM (7 of 9)
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Mother-in-Law, I made the towels and they turned out okay. Since these are for a newborn, I used a washcloth rather than a hand-towel. I folded the washcloth diagonally and set the corner to the center of the long side of the towel. But before I did that, I embroidered the washcloth (through one ply) and trimmed the edges to reduce the bulk in my seam allowance. I made a hanger loop, sewed it at the top corner of the "hood", and then trimmed the entire length with bias, and mitred the corner. A bartack holds the loop in an upright position. They look pretty good for the first ones. The next ones (for the grandkids) will look better! |
User: MarciaK
Member since: 02-06-2004 Total posts: 32
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From: Mother in Law
Date: 08-12-2004, 02:43 AM (8 of 9)
| Marcia, That's great. I do the same thing. Each time I do the same project it comes out better and better. Glad it came out good and it sounds really nice. |
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From: boogalooz
Date: 10-12-2004, 06:02 PM (9 of 9)
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I made some out of fleece. nice and soft. I cut a square and then cut into the corner. then stitched the flaps together. they turn in and make a neat hood. Only one piece of fabric too. I am considering making one for myself since they are so warm and cozy. christine Christine
Diaper maker - BoogaloozBaby Avon lady www.interavon.ca/christine.ziegler mommy to Susanne 3.5 and Victoria 17mo wifey to Will for 6.5 years |
User: boogalooz
Member since: 10-08-2004 Total posts: 32 
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