It’s been a while since I did a hooded towel! Sorry guys. I got a little burned out on them for a while, but I had fun making this one (and I LOVE how he turned out), so maybe I am back in the swing of things!? Today I’ve got a darling puppy dog hooded towel for you!
I’ve been meaning to do a puppy dog hooded towel for a while now and I am so happy that I finally did because I LOVE how he turned out!
Let’s learn to make him!
Puppy Dog Hooded Towel:
Supplies Needed:
- Brown bath towel (I get mine at Target)
- Matching brown hand towel
- Small amounts of white, black, dark brown and red fabric
- Iron on paper backed adhesive
- Puppy Dog Hooded Towel Pattern Pieces
Instructions:
I have a basic hooded towel tutorial on my blog. To see how I make the towel part and attach the head, please refer to that tutorial. For now I will teach you to make the head of the puppy dog.
Start off by cutting your hand towel in half horizontally (so that it is wide and fat and not long and skinny). Fold the selvage edge under about 3 inches and sew it in place. Then flip the whole thing over. You will be working on the side that the seam is not on.
Cut out your eyes and snout from the pattern. Also cut the pieces from your paper backed adhesive. Iron the adhesive to the back of your face pieces.
Place your eyes where you want them on the towel. They should be centered and a few inches above the edge of the towel:
Iron them in place. Then stitch a tight zig zag stitch all the way around them:
Place your nose piece in the center of one of the snout pieces and do the same thing-iron then zig zag stitch around it.
Now, cut from your extra piece of hand towel 4 ears and 2 snouts. This should all fit but be careful how you lay it out to make sure before you cut. Also cut 2 tongue pieces out of your red fabric.
Sew around the outer edges of each of these pieces, leaving the flat sides open to turn:
Turn everything right side out.
Pin your snout with the tongue under it, right below the eyes on your hand towel. Zig zag that in place:
Now, to add the ears, snip a small hole in the spot you want the ears. I did it just to the side of the eyes near the top of the eyes.
Slide your ear through the opening and on the underside, sew it closed. You will be sewing through 4 layers here, so be careful.
Your dog face should be done now. Fold the towel in half with the face on the inside and the raw edges of the hand towel meeting. Zig zag up that line to form a hood. Then, fold the towel like this and sew a straight line across the tip, then snip it off. This will give it a rounded off head:
And then finish the towel off according to these instructions.
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Adorable!! I wish my girls were little :(
Too cute… our 16-month old granddaughter will say “WOOF WOOF!” to this addition!
That is so adorable. I love your range of towels – outstanding
Love your towels. I made 4 for my great nephews a couple of weeks ago. They love them, and I loved making them. They are really easy too. I’m not a very skilled sewer either.
Oh goodness, now that I’m going to be a granma soon I’m so excited to see these. Thanks for making the tutorial ale.vailab
So cute! A great birthday gift for any little one. Love it!
Amber – This is SO cute! If my kids were a little younger…I’d definitely think about making this for them! It was so nice to meet you today at dinner! What a beautiful gift with your business cards too! Impressive! Thank you so much!
Becky B.
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I wanted to knw what kind of fabric u use to do the eyes mouth and nose etc. And where u get it.
Just a basic cotton that you can get at any fabric store
Thank you for the great tutorials!
when trying to click on the link for the puppy pattern pieces, the pdf doesn’t load. Is there another link available?
Hmmm, not sure why they aren’t working for you, but here is a direct link: http://cf.crazylittleprojects.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Puppydoghoodedtowelpatternpieces.pdf
I started to make this but no nose pattern piece. I just wondered if anyone else noticed this. Also when you say to sew nose on to snout it is before you say to cut out the snout. Am I missing something? Not sure if it is me or the pattern.
I do love your patterns though.
This pattern is so cute! I’m trying it today for my grandson. Just a note – the nose pattern is not included in the printable pattern. I’ll try to look at the picture and free hand it. I also made your frog towel for my grandson for Christmas. It turned out so cute! Thanks for sharing your patterns/ideas.
if I make these can I sell them or are they for personal use only.. I didn’t see on your site to tell us… Thanks
It’s in the FAQ’s section. But yes, you can sell them.
Thanks you SO much for all the hooded towel patterns. I made them for all my 7 neices and nephews! They were a great hit. I love your website. Thanks again!!🤗💕