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July 15, 2013 ·

Butterfly Hooded Towel Tutorial

Fun & Crafts· Hooded Towels· Sewing & Crafts· Sewing Patterns & Ideas

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I was brainstorming summer themed hooded towels and thought up a couple of fun ones. Who doesn’t love seeing butterflies in the summer? This one turned out pretty great I think! (Don’t forget to check out my monthly hooded towels.)

Butterfly Towel for Baby and Toddlers {and preschoolers and beyond} by Crazy Little Projects

Butterfly Hooded Towel Tutorial

Butterflyhoodedtowel

Butterflyhoodedtowelforbaby

She’s pretty cute right? Want to make one of your own? Let me teach you!

 

Butterfly Hooded Towel Tutorial:

Supplies Needed:

1 bath towel in your choice of color (I get my towels at Target typically because they have bold, bright colors)

1 hand towel in contrasting color of your choice (you will only use half of this)

Small amounts of fabric in white, black and accent colors to match your towels (I used pink, turquoise and purple)

Heat ‘n’ Bond

Cotton Stuffing (just a little bit)

Bias tape (Extra Wide Double Fold) in coordinating color

Butterfly Hooded Towel Pattern Pieces

 

Instructions:

I will teach you to create the face of your butterfly and the wings for this towel. If you would like to see how I put it all together I have a basic hooded towel post here.

Start out by cutting your hand towel in half horizontally (so that it is short and fat, not long and skinny). Fold under the finished edge about 3-4 inches and pin it in place. Then stitch it in place:

Foldedunder

Now cut out your eyes using the pattern pieces. Cut 2 white, 2 black and heat ‘n’ bond to go on the back of each of them. Adhere the heat ‘n’ bond to the backs of them and peel off the backing. Then position your eyes where you want them on your towel and iron them in place:

Butterflyhoodedtoweleyes

Next, applique (tight zigzag stitch) around the eyes (both the black and the white parts).

Now cut out your antennae. You’ll need 4 pieces.

Butterflyhoodedtowelantenna

Sew around the antennae leaving the bottoms open. Turn them right side out and stuff them with some stuffing.

Now cut a slit in your towel right where you want your antennae:

Hole

Slide your antenna into the slit so that it looks like this on the underside:

Slit

Stitch across the opening to close it and hold the antennae in place. Snip off any excess fabric on the bottom.

Now, to create the hood, fold the face in on itself and stitch up the raw edge. I do a zigzag stitch here.

Howtomakethehood

Now turn your towel to look like this:

Butterflyhoodedtowelhood

Then sew a straight line across that triangle tip and snip it off:

Snippedtip

You can now attach your hood to your towel. You can do this by just centering it and zigzagging it on or you can do it the fancy way I describe here.

With your head in place you need to make the bottom look like a butterfly. First I cut the edges of the towel to look like wings:

Butterflywings

To keep those edges from fraying I edged them with bias tape:

Biastape

Then I cut out some fun shapes and created a pattern on the back. You can design them any way you want to. Pin them in place and then applique all the way around them:

Blob         And that’s it! You’re done!

Butterfly Hooded Towel Tutorial by Crazy Little Projects

Follow me on Pinterest to see all of the hooded towel as they come out each month!  There’s even a special board just for them:


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  1. Sheila Perl says

    July 15, 2013 at 9:41 am

    Your butterfly hooded towel is wonderful! I can’t wait to make it 🙂

  2. Stacey says

    July 15, 2013 at 11:08 am

    It is absolutely darling!

  3. Lalitha says

    July 15, 2013 at 12:05 pm

    It is just beautiful.Thanks for the tutorial.I just love it.

  4. Emily says

    July 15, 2013 at 5:53 pm

    This is the cutest character towel hoodie that I’ve seen all summer. Thanks for sharing. Pinned!

  5. Ross says

    July 15, 2013 at 10:13 pm

    Esta hermosa, me ha encantado, la felicito y el baby está bello. Gracias por compartir el tutorial.
    Saludos.

  6. Anne Wever says

    July 28, 2013 at 8:21 am

    Sooo cute!! I’ve linked to you tutorial on Craft Gossip (sewing section):
    http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-butterfly-hooded-towel/2013/07/28/

    –Anne

    • Amber says

      July 30, 2013 at 5:08 pm

      Thank you!!! 🙂

  7. Ruth says

    August 15, 2013 at 3:37 am

    Could you please tell me the dimensions of the bath towels and hand towels you use?

    • Amber says

      August 17, 2013 at 2:34 pm

      Just a normal size bath towel from Target is what I use. Any size at all works.

      • Ruth says

        August 18, 2013 at 4:23 am

        Sorry, I live in New Zealand and it looks like our hand towels here are a whole lot smaller than yours.

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