I am not sure any of you sew regularly.
If anyone needs more information, let me know.
I am just posting enough so that I will remember for the next batch I make.
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| The fabric is 40"+ terry cloth, bought at JoAnn's. I cut off the selvages. Then I simply square it. I intend for these to be toddler towels. I think big is good. |
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| I use a large plate to round the corners. This plate is (just slightly) larger than a dinner plate. I leave the hood corner pointy, until I have sewn the hood/towel layers together, then I cut it all off in a curve. |
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| I cut an 11 1/2" square and fold it in half (diagonally) to form the (triangle) hood. That made binding much simpler. I used the terry fabric as my hood, which means I bought a little extra. These online directions gave me an idea of the hood size. I did not follow the rest of her directions. I just used the measurements of the hood to give me a general size idea. (I could not think of a toddler to borrow for sizing. But I did use a large, purple stuffed monkey.) |
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| This is the hood in one corner. It is a square, folded in half on the diagonal. The edge of the hood is the fold line. I leave the point on the corner of the towel and the hood. I mark the curve with a pencil. I sew a zigzag, just inside the pencil line to hold the (3) layers together. Then I cut on the pencil line, through all three layers. Then I bind this corner as I bind the whole towel. The hood corner is the same as all the other corners, it is just three layers thick. I use put extra stitching, during binding, where the hood and towel meet, because that spot will have more stress then the rest of the towel. |
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| The first one I made, I didn't think about rounding all of the corners. My miters are perfect, it is a lovely corner, but rounded would be nicer. |
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| It takes two packages of binding for each towel. I miter the ends together before I start, so it is one long piece and easier to sew. I sew the binding on the wrong side and flip it to the front to finish. I machine sew the binding. It is actually stitched four times. I straight stitch it. I zigzag to prevent fraying. I flip it and straight stitch binding closed. I zigzag over the straight stitch. It is easier to sew the binding on curved corners because then there is no mitering. |
