We have lots of bath towels but as my eldest son, D is the size of a small adult these days there is never a big towel in the airing cupboard. And several smaller child sized towels that never get used.
I’m going to make my towels bigger, oh yes I AM. I have done this in the past but back then I had a sewing machine. This could take some time.
Before photo
These towels are very eco, they are wombled. They were left near the washing up sinks at a campsite we were on, and staff were about to bin them. So they went in our wet laundry bag until we returned home. I hate waste, and I love reusing, reducing and recycling. They of course got a jolly hot wash, and tumble at home.
They are both exactly the same size and colours. Ok, this will make a large square rather than a small rectangle but it will look right and will be more comfy after a shower, and fab for a beach as I can nick twice the sunbathing space.
Work in progress
Think before you bin things, can you reuse it? Or could a charity shop?
All finished.
Sewing three hand towels side by side gives you a “new” guest/child sized towel.
If you have spare time, or sew as a hobby consider joining lots of flannels, either new or second hand. Make yourself a massive, and highly unique patchwork towel.
This also works brilliantly with bar beer towels.
That’s brilliant, how clever are you – well done! Will be great when its finished and as you say you can have double the sunbathing space 🙂
Clever! I like that. 😉
looking forward to see the end product!
I have added the after photo now.
What a brilliant idea!
I can’t believe the perfectly good things people throw away. Thanks for sharing x
I know, I *hate* landfill being used for reuseable things. Kids call me Auntie Bulgaria now. If it’s fixable and it’s left discarded somewhere I have to salvage and fix/freecycle, or strip it into recyclable parts, and just bin whats not recyclable.
This is a cool idea, thank you for sharing.
Brilliant idea! Maybe next year when Izzy’s bigger, I’ll do this to our baby ones. When we had Danny, cot sheets were too expensive, so we bought giant flannelette sheets and cut and seamed them into baby ones which lasted for all four kids…I’ll have to sew them up again when we have no use for cot /dolly bedding! 😉 xxx
I had some flat cot ones and I sewed them together so I could use them as singles on D’s cotbed as we were skint. Lasted well. I used them for Jen too.
Some Wirecutter testers prefer a waffle towel, also called lattice or honeycomb, because it’s thinner and has a coarser texture than thick, spongy terry. Waffle towels are airier than terry versions, so they dry faster if you have a damp bathroom or live in a humid climate.
White works in any bathroom setting, no matter what your current décor looks like. It’s the classic neutral option that you can pair up with bold colors, other neutrals and anything in between.