Here is a great tutorial on how to recycle a bath towel into beach towel with integrated pillow.
Originality? Buttons that allow you to fold up the beach towel and carry it as a bag .
This beach bag even has pockets to carry your sunscreen and your favorite book!
Don't worry, this homemade project is really easy to make , even for people who only have basic sewing skills.
- 2 terry towels (new or old, it doesn't matter)
- a spare pillow
1. Take one of the towels and spread it in front of the pillow.
2. Then trim the edges of the towel, so that it is just a little wider than the pillow (if necessary, you can always reduce the width later).
3. Take the other towel and wrap it around the pillow. Take care to leave a strip of the towel sticking out along the bottom of the pillow.
Keep the cutouts that will be used to make the handles of the bag.
4. Remove the pillow and sew the first side.
5. Then sew the second towel along the bottom of the pillow.
6. And now, the turn of the borders! Take six pieces of fabric and sew them together to make a strip the same length as the towel.
7. Fold the strip in half along its entire length.
8. Then, cut it lengthwise to make two equal strips.
9. Fold each strip in half and iron them.
10. Still with your iron, prepare a 1 cm tuck on each side of the two strips, over their entire length.
11. Sew the two strips on each side of the towel.
12. Now roll up the pillow and towel to locate the pockets and handles of the bag.
13. Pin and sew the pockets on each side of the bag.
14. To make the handles, use the scraps of the towel that you cut to the width of the pillow.
Choose the dimensions of the handles that suit you. For my beach bag, I used handles 78 cm long and 15 cm wide.
15. Sew the handles.
16. Sew on the buttons...
17. … and finally, sew the buttonholes!
There you go, your beach bag that turns into a beach towel with integrated cushion is ready :-)
Easy, right?
In any case, I feel that you will make people envious on the page!
