Making a Robe From Towels

By

yoder178

I believe my Grandma made some of these. She took two bath towels and folded the first length-wise, cut a slit for the head in the middle and faced it. She then took the second one and cut it in half width-wise to sew onto the middle of the top towel for the skirt. The arms are sewn at the same time as the sides which is last. It looks kind of like a kimono, I loved it.

By

T&T Grandma

I took 3 lighter weight bath towels (not the huge and heavy ones), stitched them together at the seams, folded over the top for elastic insert, did a trim around the top and then put a GIANT button and button hole. Wore these pregnant, wore it to the beach, on a hot day when everything else felt bad. My favorite one I still get compliments on at the pool, and I made that one back about 1980. Never wears out. Perfect for over the suit to the pool, making some for my little grand-girls this summer.

By

redhatterb

I made one of those robes way back then. I saw a neighbor lady wearing one and studied that. If I remember right a small circle was cut out of the center of the towel that would go cross ways on the robe. Then I centered the two vertical towels on the top one and sewed them in place on the horizontal one. Then I cut a slit vertically in the center, starting at the neckline and going as far down as I wanted it for the length of a zipper. I think I went down quite far, as long as I could find a zipper for. I installed the zipped then sewed matching bias binding around the neckline and then sewed the side seams, leaving about up to the knee open on each side. To sew the side seams I started at the end of one sleeve and went around the arm pit and down the side as far as I wanted the slit to begin. These are really comfortable. The neighbor that had one wore hers almost every morning, they were new in town and had no family nearby and she had new born twins.

By

MCW

http://www.life123.com/hobbies/sewi ... sewing/how-to-sew-hooded-towel.shtml

Does anyone know how to make a robe from bath towels? If so, I would appreciate the instructions. Thanks.