Dragon Hooded Towel

Happy Wednesday!  Happy Hump Day!  This has been one heck of a week.  My husband is out of town for work this week.  I really don't like it when he's gone for so long.  Things have a way of happening.  Sure enough, my car hasn't started - twice this week.  Once nearly stranding me.  So once I finally made it home, I've been stuck here cause I'm too worried about my car going kaput to go anywhere.

At least the time on my own has given me time to catch up on my house projects and upload pictures to my computer.  

 

Which means I can finally share this gem with you.  My final hooded towel for this year (I think).  As I shared with you last week, in my 10 Handmade Gifts in an Afternoon post, I had one final hooded towel ot share with you.  And here is the dragon hooded towel I made as a big brother gift for my cousin whose new little brother joined the world the day after Thanksgiving.  

The pattern for the dragon again came from Crazy Little Projects.  She is a master at creating hooded towels!  Each one of these hooded towels has gotten easier for me.  So if your first one is a little rough, keep trying, they do get a whole lot easier! (And be sure to check out my Ladybug and Penguin)

I hope you all have a great week, we are halfway to the weekend!  Yay!  Remember to take a deep breath, I know things get crazy at this holiday time.  

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Penguin Hooded Towel

I know I know, I dissapeared for almost 2 weeks again.  Sorry!  Life seems to keep getting the better of me and I haven't had much energy for baking or crafting.  Or writing posts.  Hopefully things will turn around soon!  I have some pretty awesome ideas that I want to share with you this month!
So here we go.  Two weeks ago, the LadyBug hooded towel was so cute, I decided to make another one for my next baby shower (yep, seriously - I have like five friends/coworkers/family members who are all due the last week of November or first week of December).  It's crazy.  And it also means lots of baby showers for me.

So for the next baby shower I went to, I wanted to make a hooded towel, but this couple isn't finding out if they are having a girl or boy, so I needed gender neutral.  Plus they were have a jungle/animal theme and the penguin fit right in in my mind (although, looking back now, I suppose there aren't any penguins in the jungle, oh well - it was still cute!)

My second attempt at a hooded towel went SO much more smoothly than my first.  This one took around 2 hours to complete.  I think the fact that I knew how to assemble it and didn't have to check the directions more than 15 times helped.  The lack of having to appliqué on any ladybug spots was also a huge time saver.
This pattern also comes from CrazyLittleProjects.  It's super simple and I am so happy with how it turned out!
I have one more hooded towel up my sleeve, although I might not be able to share it with you until after Thanksgiving.
Have a great day!

My CareBear model again :)

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LadyBug Hooded Towel

Oh goodness, this is so cute and I'm so happy I made it for my O-town friend's baby shower :) I think these hooded towels, along with my umbilical cord hats, are going to be my new go-to item for baby showers. I sure seem to be getting invited to a lot of baby showers this year/know a TON of people who are having babies. It's crazy... but exciting! Babies are so cute!

Anyways, back to this hooded towel. It was one of my Project 14 projects that I wanted to do this year. I'm happy to check another one off the list.  Overall, it was pretty easy to make.  I followed the directions from Crazy Little Projects.  I picked up my towels from Walmart during the back to school sales.  My only issue came with the applique stitch around the eyes and spots.  My sewing machine was NOT happy doing that.  It made some bad noises and was getting stuck.  At one point, my sewing machine got so angry at me, I thought I had broken it.  And at that point I got upset and walked away from the project for a few days.  However, I did a little reading in my instructional book and gave it another go, this time using a different type of thread.  I'm not sure if the renewed patience helped, or the new thread, or if the stars aligned that day or what, but the second time I sat down to finish it, it was a breeze.  So just to be on the safe side, I highly recommend using a high quality thread, like Gutterman, to do the applique sewing to hold down the eyes and spots.


My giant CareBear had to model for me as I don't have any babies or toddlers close by :)


Overall, the directions were easy to follow and this was a fun (and fairly quick) project to make. I can't wait to make more! My husband got jealous of my CareBear modeling - so you might find him modeling my next one (or maybe I'll make him one as a gag gift for his 30th birthday this year!)

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