Saving Money!!

I've been looking for Karlee some new hooded towels for bath time. She has completely outgrown the 20+ Gerber ones I received as shower gifts. I received two really nice ones as shower gifts and have been looking for more. Can you believe all the ones I've seen are $35 and more? That's highway robbery!!

I refuse to pay that for a towel. With a little online help, I spent the stormy Sunday afternoon making my own. I figured it couldn't be hard to do. It's just a washcloth sewn on to a regular towel with some cute decorations on it. I decided to use a hand towel rather than a wash cloth to make it bigger and last longer (remember her head is in the 97th percentile!!).

I added a little ribbon and $7.00 later .....

I'm just anxious to see if it holds up in the washing machine!!

Check out http://jennross.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/09/making-your-own-hooded-towel.html for great instructions. The only thing I changed was cutting the hand towel in half. I just sewed the whole thing on to have a bigger hood.

Happy sewing!!