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Well here is another twist. When my children turned 5 and 7 I stoped making hooded towels they said they look silly and the other kids laugh at them. So I changed and started making what we called a swim towel. I took a large bath towel or small beach towel and fold it in halfboth ways. Noe mark the middle and open it up. Cut a circle out of the towel the same currcumfrince as the childs head. Now take t-shirt ribbing and cut a strip that is 4-5 inched lwide and 2/3 the currcumfrince of the hole. Sew the ends together and the serge onto towel like a neck ribbing in a t-shirt. Now mark about 2/3 of the way down the side of the towel and sew the two sides together about. Sew down about 3 inches. Make sure to reinforce this seam well. Now you have a swim towel they can just pull over thier head and stick thier arms out the sides and they stay put withouy ties or ropes. My kids loved them and now I will make them for my grandchildren. Any questions ask here and I will try to answer them.
7261I just want to give a specical thanks to all of you. Wish I could give you another flower. Hugs.
16434Make them, u have excellent info here. Post & let us see them. *
by dlmds
09 Jun 2009
Lbrow, I am going to do my best, because of all the great advice here. I always have a problem posting anything, so I have gotten where I do not even try anymore. H&*.
145789Thanks for the question and the links and answers everyone. Great idea to make some of these.
by dlmds
09 Jun 2009
Iris, Wouldn't they make great Christmas presents? The ones that I am going to do are B-Day gifts. H&*.
58029thank some great ideas
by dlmds
09 Jun 2009
Qayle, Another reason that I love it here. When we need help, there are so many that are willing to help in many ways. H&*.
14513Thank you all! *4U!!!!
by dlmds
09 Jun 2009
Titamomo, It always makes me happy when I can ask a question that benefits many of us. H&*.
580Thank you for the idea. think I need to do something like this while my embroidery machine is out of action
by dlmds
09 Jun 2009
Moved, Sorry about your sick baby machine. One of the great things about these, you can embroidery them before or after they are made. H&*.
39739Thanx for asking this question and for everyone posting either instructions or links! I think that even I could make one of these for my GD now!
*4U all!
by dlmds
09 Jun 2009
Tinfriend, You could make one. There are so many places to put embroidery, and I love the way the wee ones look all snuggled into them. H&*.
51910I make hooded towels all the time. I get "The Big One" at Kohls, if there is a Kohls near you. Get ONE hand towel and TWO bath towels and you can make both towels! Cut the hand towel in half across the narrow way, I then overlock it. I embroidery their names on the other end (the original end of the hand towel). Fold the 1/2 towel making a seam where the cut end is. Open back out. Find the middle of the LONG side of the bath towel, line up the middle of the "hood" (which will be where the seam is), place right sides together, sew. Since you are sewing the sides that are NOT cut, it will not ravel at all. I do back stitch several times at the beginning & end of the hood as my kids usually hang it up by the hood! I hope this helps.
35675These instructions might help. The second one looks better to me for older children. I have only done them with half a washcloth for the hood in the middle of the towel for babies and toddlers.
8431I don't have kids or grands, or any ideas about hoody towels, but I do have flowers for you. Good Luck!! Hugs, Marji
by marjialexa
08 Jun 2009
By the way, I'm glad to see somebody else still calls them "washrags", sometimes I feel really old, hee hee hee.
by dlmds
08 Jun 2009
Oh my goodness, What is the politically correct words for washrags now?? At times I am getting afraid to talk, for fear I am not being politically correct!! H&*.
by dlmds
08 Jun 2009
This was meant to be a Haha!! I would like to know the new word for washrags. Hugs.
by jasanne
08 Jun 2009
My mum always called them flannels. (English bacground) Here they are called facecloths. Bet there are plenty of other names for them!
by maryjo
09 Jun 2009
I think the "hoity toitys" call them faceclothes. Me, I still use washrags at my house!!
by jasanne
09 Jun 2009
I think it is more where you are from denotes what they are called. Guess it's a bit like the muslin vs calico conversation the other day, they describe completely different things in different countries.
by pennifold
09 Jun 2009
Ain't that the truth? I call them Flannels, or facewashers - but then I come from South Australia (we didn't have convicts there) and of course we have a lot of English background - also Germanic. Love and blessings Chris
by jasanne
09 Jun 2009
Now I'm just waiting for the words used in Netherlands, France and anywhere else we have Cuties :)
by mops
09 Jun 2009
In the Netherlands 'waslap' for a face cloth, but we mostly have them stitched as a rectangular mitten, called 'washandje' .
by dlmds
09 Jun 2009
Marji, You sure brought up a fun topic, Haha!! I found all of this about washrags very interesting. H&*.
3345116434I always use a handtowel and cut some off. I put embroidered faces on the hood, so sometimes I use the extra for ears of the animal face I embroider on. I use one side of the selvage edge as the front of the hood.
Fold your towel in half with the thick short edges together, sort of makes a square, match the selvages edges (front of the hood) and cut off about 4 inches along the other selvage edges, from the fold to the thick shorter edges. I hope this makes sense.
by dlmds
08 Jun 2009
Jerrib, Would I cut off from the 13 wide, or the 15 height? I just want to be sure I have it right. Thank you, H&*.
by jerrib
09 Jun 2009
I would cut from the 15 height. there are two selvage edges, 1 I use as the front of the hood and the other is where I cut off for ears.
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