I ran right to the towel section at K-Mart - Christian picked yellow - and decided that Nathan needed blue.
I set to cutting and sewing as soon as I got home - It didn't take me long ~
TO SCREW UP!!!!!!!
*Kitty* likes Christian's ~ Notice her paw scratching at his!! So can you see where I went wrong!? Yeah - unless I have children with the Jolly Green Giant (which I do not!) then these towels are wayyyyyyyy to long!
I totally didn't look at my pictures or plans before I jumped right into sewing on these! I put the hood on the ends instead of the middle of the long edge! Therefore - the names are on wrong too! And let me tell you - they were a big super huge PITA!!! I am not a great applique'r!!
So what kid wouldn't like a ginormous super hero cape; right? I went out and bought 2 more bath sized towels in the same blue and yellow - (good thing they were on sale AND I had the Kmart savers card!) I used the extra halves of the hand towels for the hoods - but - what was I going to do about the names on the back? I really did NOT want to re-applique the letters!
So I cut around the names, centered them on the back of the new towels, and zig zagged around them with rainbow colors!
TA DA!!!!
I think the boys like em'! We had already had our baths for the night when I finished them ~ so they are going to have to wait until tomorrow to really test them out!!
LOVIN' the Cone Head look!!!
He kept saying *CHEESE* even though his back was to me!! What a nut!
So here is a quick run down of how I made them:
Materials:
1 regular sized bath towel
1 hand towel (for the hood)
fleece
thread
*take your hand towel and fold it in half on the short sides and cut it so you have 2 (you only need 1 half for the hood - save the other half for a second hood!)
*fold this half of towel short ends together and sew along edge. Turn it right side out.
*pin your hood in the middle of the LONG edge of the bath towel and sew
* if you'd like to put names or shapes, I used fleece because I had it - I suppose you could use flannel or different colored towels. Cut out your letters and pin and zig zag around them!
You're done!
Happy crafting!
Steph
