The Wingham Advance-Times, 1988-02-09, Page 3811.
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• Turning a •warm terry towel
into a won lerf l bath..wtap_.as..
project -easy to complete in an af-
teretoon or evening. And it's time
welt spent, whether you keep the
wrap ;to..enjoy yourself or create it
as a gift to a lucky friend,
In addition to a standard -size
bath towel, one large enough ti
wrap around your body, the on!y
other necessary supplies are a
strip of elastic, a piece of fabric
tape and a square of Velcro to use
as a fastener.
Measure the length along one
Ode of the towel. Then measure
and cut a corresponding length of
inch -wide elastic, with the elastic
moderately stretched between
your hands is you measure. Cut a
piece of (,inchfabric tape slightly
longer than the towel so you can
turn backthe raw ends of the tape
when' youstitch it into place.
Lay the towel out across an
ironing board or other padded sur-
face. If you prefer a certain side of
the -towel to be on the body side of
the wrap, place this side up. Pin
one erid;of the elastic at one end of
the ,. towel, pinning it - also to the
padding to anchor it. Stretch the
other, end of the elastic to the
towel's other end and anchor it in
place:' here, too.
With the towel and elastic se-
cured, lay the fabric tape across
the elastic and begin pinning, all°
three' layers of towel, elastic and
tape together. The tape should fit
.just over the elastic. Again, you
should .,turn" both ends of the tape
under. Gently lift the towel as you
pin. to prevent pinning it to the
padding at this stage. Plate one
pin at least every 2 inches.'
When you complete this step,
remove: the towel assembly from
the Madding; you should see the
elastic draw up. This is the perfect
way to check the finished size of
the towel wrap before you sew. If
the elastic doesn't draw up enough
to form a tight wrap around' your
body, unpin it from the towel,
stretch it a little harder than you
did the first time, aril pin .it in
place again. v
Now begin Machine, stitching
along the towel, up both sides of
the fabric tape. In addition to
guiding the towel under the sew-
ing needle, you will have to
stretch sections of the elastic to
fully extend the towel. Also be
sure you are sewing through the
elastic layer as you move along
the tape.
Finally, machine or hand .stitch
one-half of a Velcro tab at each
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end of the towel to hptd its i place
once you wrap it a:rou"iud; you. Ong
piece -should -be oft-fhe -body-side:rf
the towel (the tape side) and the
ther piece 'should be on the out-
side of the towel.
Once the basic wrap is complet-
ed. brainstorm ways to personal-
ize it. Simply machine stitch zig-
zag geometric designs along the
bottom edge of the .towel,''°for ex-
ample. _
you can also use a'washcloth to
cut shapes out of terry cloth and
applique these along the edge or in
one corner of the towel. Or trace a
shape directly onto the towel
using a cookie cutter or stencil
pattern andsatin stitch around the
design. If you are, putting a design
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witirAtiouNn
in one corner .of the towel only.
make sure it'a,, on the same cid
that, has .the Velcro closure on the
body side:of"the towel.
Perhaps you; town has a'mono-
gr-am shop that, will personalize
items not purchased there. If so, a
name or set of initials in bright,
contrasting colors is one super -
easy way to decorate the terry
wrap.
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