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Sew A Hooded Baby Towel

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This is the perfect sewing project for a new mom.

I have been “thinking” about making this project forever!  My “baby” is now 14 months old, a total busy body and getting into everything! With Tanner getting bigger and bigger each day, it was time that I made the baby towel and got my act together.

This towel is fairly easy to sew and you can finish it in few hours. It’s a great beginner project! All you need is terry towel, fun colorful fabric and your sewing materials.

And great news – I made the hood pattern piece and am sharing it for free. Click here to get the PDF pattern in my online store.

Materials needed:

  1. Terry towel
  2. Cotton fabric
  3. Rotary cutter, cutting mat, creative grids ruler
  4. Disappearing Fabric ink pen
  5. Sewing materials and sewing machine
  6. Iron and ironing board

Note – Cutting the main fabric for the towel is not shown in the images below. Lay the terry towel flat on a large cutting area. Measure and mark a 30″ x 30″ square. Cut the terry towel to this size.

Part A: Cut your fabric and prepare the binding:

  1. Pin the hooded piece down on the terry and colorful fabric. Cut one of each.
  2. Place wrong sides together and pin the 2 pieces together. Baste together along the outside edge.
  3. Round each outside corners of the 30″ x 30″ towel.
  4. Cut your binding strips. [3″ width]. Not sure on how to cut binding? I created an easy tutorial on how to cut binding..
  5. Place your binding perpendicular to each other. Pin in place.
  6. Use a ruler and mark the sewing line with a disappearing ink pen. This step will help guide you when sewing the binding together.
  7. Place in sewing machine and sew.
  8. Trim the seam allowance to be 1/4″ [Not shown]. Iron the seam. Open seam and iron again.
  9. For the binding, you will need about 140″ in length.

Part B:  Sew the hood piece and attach the binding:

  1. Fold the binding in half and press. Press the entire binding in half.
  2. From the binding that you made, cut a strip 19″ long.  This will finish the bottom hood edge. Pin to bottom edge of hood piece. Place in sewing machine and sew.
  3. With the binding laying flat, press the seam.  Open and iron the seam again.
  4. Roll the binding to the back side and cover the raw edge.  Pin in place if it helps. Iron to set the seam.
  5. Place in your sewing machine and edgestich along the folded edge. The raw seams will now be enclosed by the binding.
  6. Place the hood at corner of towel and pin in place.  Note that there will be extra room in the middle for the baby’s head. Baste the pieces together.
  7. Finish the entire outside edge of the towel with the binding. Start at a straight edge and pin the binding along the raw edge.
  8. Sew the entire length of the binding around the towel. Repeat steps 3, 4 and 5 above for the outside of the towel.

That’s it! Your baby towel is complete.  I hope you enjoy sewing it as much as I did.

Comments

  2. I’ve been searching for hooded towel tutorials, but this one is my favorite; I’m looking forward to making it. I’m a little confused about the hooded piece. Is there a pattern for it? What are the dimensions?

    Thanks so much for taking the time to make this tutorial!

    Reply

    • Hi Michele. Thanks for reaching out. I am so happy you like my towel tutorial. It is quite easy to make. You are correct, I promised the hood pattern and never shared it on my blog. I will email it to you and then get it up on the site VERY soon.

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      • Did you happen to post the hood pattern? I started making this but couldn’t find the pattern…I think that I’m just going to guess for now but hoping for the pattern when I mess up mine 😉

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        • Hi, Thanks for reaching out. I just emailed you the pattern piece. Please let me know if you don’t receive it or have issues with it. Thanks again!

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    • Hi – thanks for stopping by. I just finished another towel to give as a gift.. It was super easy and will be a nice present.

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  5. I would like the hooded towel paTtern i am a little confused about tHe hood love the looks of this pattern

    Reply

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