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4-H Apparel and Textiles—Sewing
18 U. S. C. 707
4JD-01PB
University of Kentucky - Cooperative Extension Service - College of Agriculture
4. Find the center of the towel by folding
it in half crosswise with right side out.
Mark the center of the towel with pins,
using at least three pins on the fold line.
Also, insert a row of pins on the right
side of the towel, inch from the lower
hem (Figure C).
Center
Figure C
5. Place the washcloth on the towel match-
ing the center of the washcloth with the
center of the towel (Figure D). Cut edge
of wash cloth should overlap edge of
towel inch.
Center
Figure D
6. Use pins to hold the washcloth in place
as pictured in Figure D. Hand baste to
hold the washcloth in place for machine
stitching. Because many of you have
never sewn by hand, you may need to
practice making stitches on scrap materi-
al. Try to keep the basting stitches about
¼ inch long.
Option: Use washable basting tape in
place of pins and hand basting.
7. Take out the pins if used and stitch
the washcloth to the towel. You will be
stitching ¼ inch from the hem of the
towel. Be sure to secure your seam by
either stitching backward or tying the
thread ends together with knots.
8. Fold the washcloth up onto the towel,
hiding the raw edge that you just
stitched and keeping edges of the towel
and washcloth even. Pin the washcloth
in place on the sides (Figure E).
Figure E
9. Machine stitch sides of pockets removing
pins as you come to them. Guide the edge
of the presser foot along the edge of the
washcloth.
10. To make pockets for the travel kit: De-
cide which articles you would like to
take and place them on the washcloth.
Choose the stripes nearest to the size of
the pocket needed for each article. Pin
the washcloth to the towel along these
stripes to make the pockets (Figure F).
Figure F
