Snug as Bug

One of my favorite things to do as a child (and even now!) was to wrap up in a warm towel or blanket the moment I came out of the shower, all warm and snuggly. It guaranteed that I would fall asleep withing seconds of hitting a pillow if given the chance. For me, this works better than a glass of warm milk any day. Now, I will only do this if I'm not feeling well and find myself in need of a bit of self-applied TLC.

One of the gals in the Ongoing Holiday swap on Craftster had a request for hooded towels for her nieces and nephews. I decided to give this project a try using the tutorial that I found on The Cottage Home.

I made a hooded towel for her nephew first specifically following the tutorial.

I found that the directions on the tutorial made the bulkiness of the hood almost too thick for my sewing machine to deal with. (Broke 4 needles in this process!) I reworked the hood on my second towel for her niece. Rather than lining the hood with the towel material, I lined it with more of the decorative fabric since it's cotton and will wick away the water just as well.

With the way that I reworked the hood, the second towel went together in easily half the time for the first.

I might have to find some bath sheets and make one of these hooded towels for myself. ;)