Towel with corner for newborns

Bathing accessories for a newborn are an integral part of the list of items required to care for a baby. Modern manufacturers of goods for children offer parents an extensive selection of textile products, including towels for newborns with a corner (hood).

The modern industry produces curious models of towels with a corner for newborns. When choosing, young parents, as a rule, are guided by their own feelings, because it will not be possible to cover the entire assortment with attention. Therefore, before choosing a towel, you must carefully familiarize yourself with the structure of the material on the label. If you rush to get the first thing that comes along without looking at it carefully, then you have a chance to bring home low quality products. Before purchasing a towel for your baby, you need to remember a number of recommendations.

1. Place the towel over your face or the back of your hand. It should be pleasant and silky to the touch.
2. Good quality fabric is not sprinkled, no pile elements remain on clothes and in hands.
3. The color should be even, the pattern should be expressive. Too bright colors are unacceptable. They indicate the presence of aggressive chemical dyes.
4. Be sure to smell the product. If the smell is fresh, natural, without fragrances, oil or artificial impurities, buy without hesitation.

In order to sew a baby towel with a hood with your own hands, you need to make sure that the material is really good quality and is suitable for this. Let's take a closer look at the optimal types of fabrics that you can purchase without hesitation.

Actually, this material is the best for making towels for children. The material should be double-sided terry, natural, highly absorbent and moisture-retaining, without damaging the baby's sensitive skin.

These products cost significantly more than Russian-made prototypes, but at the same time they meet the requirements of demanding parents by 100 percent, for example, due to their excellent moisture-absorbing properties and a pile length of 5 millimeters.

Modern stores are overflowing with products made from this material, they are characterized as natural. In fact, this is not true, since such fiber is unnatural, derived from cellulose. True, the material is soft, does not become electrified, but when compared with cotton, it absorbs and retains moisture worse. Among other things, such products dry for an extremely long time.

Often, eucalyptus fiber is included in cotton to make it soft. To the touch, the fabric is soft, pleasant, does not absorb dust, absorbs and retains moisture well, but, to the great chagrin, it is usable for a short time and wears out very quickly.

It is a modern revolutionary fabric that absorbs moisture like foam rubber. It dries quickly in air and is considered to be quite wear resistant.

Purchase 2 small and 2 large towels for bathing your baby. In a large one, the parameters of which are 75 x 75, 80 x 80, 100 x 100, at most 120 x 120 centimeters, you will completely wrap up the baby after washing. For small ones, for example, 30 x 30 or 30 x 50 centimeters, you can wipe your face and hands after washing. You can use a towel to remove moisture from the leg folds after bathing.

You must have at least 2 sets of such towels: while one is drying, you use the other. Be sure to wash it before using it for the first time.

The cost of quality products is often high. Popular brands raise their prices because they are known in the market. Products from little-known manufacturers may be of poor quality. Among other things, scrupulous mothers cannot always find a towel of the required color or with the desired pattern. In such a situation, the best option would be to sew a towel yourself.

Even if you have never been involved in sewing, handle such a simple task without difficulty. This will require: a sewing machine, fabric, thread, scissors, safety pins. Buy the fabric you like or use a thin terry sheet. Focus on the dimensions, but even for newborns, you need to take a piece of at least 100 x 100 centimeters. If you sew 120 x 120 centimeters, then this towel will be enough for you until the child is 3 years old. When purchasing, calculate the amount of material. If the width of the fabric is 150 centimeters, purchase 1.30 m, and the hood (corner) will be cut from the side.

Main steps:

• Consider how you will process the edges. This can be done with an applied tape with pre-folded seam allowances (bias tape), finished tape, or by means of an overcast seam if there is a similar option on the sewing machine. Trims and ribbons may be required, taking into account the dimensions of the towel of the order of 5-8 meters. It is possible to make strips of thin colored cotton material 4-5 centimeters wide, sew them into a long single strip, and trim all edges of the towel and hood with it.
• We make a rectangular or square pattern of the required size. In most cases, these towels are made in the form of a square, because the corner for the hood, in this case, has the same sides on the sides, which is more comfortable for cutting.
• Cut out a triangular piece under the hood from the same piece of cloth that we use for the towel, or cut it directly from the towel from the bottom.

• We add two parts, combine the triangle with the corner and edges of the main canvas and attach it. The stitch width should be 0.5-0.7 centimeters. We made a hood. If a corner with ears is supposed, then at this stage they must be attached and sewn together with a triangle.
• After that, if you wish, you can make the corners of the towel and the corner of the hood round. You can leave it as it is.
• We process the edges. The facing is applied in various ways. The easiest way is to fold the strip in half with the right side out, iron it, sew to the front side, turn it inside out and sew along the seam. A finishing edging is formed.

Remember! It is impossible to guess on things for a child, because this is his mood and health. Take the time to select baby accessories, buy only the highest quality underwear, even if it is expensive.Thanks to this, in the future, everything will be justified by the happy and joyful smile of your child and his energetic desire to comprehend the world.

See the next video for a master class on sewing a towel with a corner.