Hooded Towel Tutorial

Page 1
1. The first thing that you are going to want to do is stitch your applique on
the hand towel. After you stitch the designs, THEN cut the towel about an inch
above the design.
Cut here, about 1 above design

2. Fold your cut hand towel with the right sides together. You are going to
serge the top, newly cut edge. If you dont have a serger, you may use a regular straight stitch but we highly recommend that you also zig zag the unfinished
edges. I recommend a 14 gauge needle and if using a serger, DO NOT LET THE
SERGER CUT THE TOWEL. It will jam up your machine.
Serge or stitch here, right sides together

Hooded Towel Tutorial

Page 2
3. After you have sewn your hood, you can flip it back right side out. This is
what it will look like! The towels that I use have quite a thick edge on them so I
cut that edge off so that it will go through my sewing machine easier!!

This is the area that I cut off to make sewing easier!

4. Sew the hood onto the full size towel as shown below. You will lay it down
with the towel right side to the back of the hood.

Towel Right Side

Hooded Towel Tutorial

Page 3
5. Here is what the towel looks like when it is done!!

6. You can either use small, very sharp sissors to open up the button holes
for placement of the ears, or a seam ripper. Just be careful not to cut through
the stitching.
7. There are two different ways to place the washcloth ... for rounded ears you
place the washclother over 1-2 fingers and then insert your fingers through the
hole you made in step #6 or if you want pointed years, just simply insert one
corner of the washcloth through the hole and another corner for the other ear.
8. We prefer to not cut or sew our ears into the hooded towel because we
like give these hooded towels as gifts. As shown, you are giving a full set
with both the towel and the washcloth. If you prefer, however, you can cut the
washcloth and sew the ears in using your regular sewing machine.