Critter Kid Bathrobe by Starbird Inc. - freeembroiderystuff.embroiderydesigns.com

Designs used in this project are available here:

Critter Kids Bathrobes Embroidery Design Pack

Materials:

1 brown bath towel*

1 brown hand towel*

1 tan washcloth*

Tear away backing

Thread to match towel colors

Poly-fil stuffing

Fabric chalk or marker (optional)

Straight pins

Dowel

Computer and printer

Paper (tracing paper - optional)

Scissors

Ruler

* The towels listed above are specifically for the monkey bathrobe. The amount of towels and colors for each critter bathrobes will be different. Please see here for suggested towel counts and colors. Please feel free to use any color of towels that you would like.

Step 1: Open and print the following using Adobe Acrobat or Adobe reader:

Hand Pocket CKB Pattern.pdf

Hood CKB pattern.pdf

Monkey CKB Pattern.pdf

Cut each of the patterns out, some of them will need more than one copy.

* The Hand Pocket and Hood CKB Pattern files will be needed for each of the Critter bathrobes.

Step 2: Place the patterns on your hand towel and washcloth. Using a fabric marker, trace the outline of the templates on the towels.

(Place the patterns that need to be embroidered near the center if possible to make it easier to hoop and embroider them.)

Step 3: Embroider the design on the towels.

Monkey Robe Hand - top side of bath towel on the top 2 corners (the fingers should be facing the edge of the towel on each side. See Monkey layout found in the Monkey CKB Pattern.pdf file)

Monkey Robe Face - inside 1 of the hood templates on hand towel

Monkey Robe Ear - inside 2 of the ear templates on the wash cloth

At this time you can also embroider other elements onto the bath towel. For example: on the Ladybug you can embroider the dots and flower(s).

Step 4: After all of the designs have been embroidered on the hand towel and wash cloth, cut along the template lines you have made with the fabric marker. You can also replace the template paper and use that as a guide to cut the fabric with.

Step 5: Place the front and back ear and tail pieces right sides together and pin them. Then sew them together using 1/4" hem, leaving the bottom of each open.

(Do not sew the hood together yet.)

Step 6: Turn the ears and tail right side out and stuff them. Use the dowel to turn the tail inside out and to stuff it. Sew the ears and tail together to keep the stuffing in.

Step 7: Hem the bottom of each hood piece separately with a 1/2" hem.

Step 8: Put the hood and ear pieces together.

Back of hood right side up

Ear pieces right side down

Front of hood right side down

Pin the hood and ears together.

Step 9: Sew the hood and ears together with a 1/4" hem leaving the previously hemmed bottom section open.

(You can reinforce the hood by sewing a zigzag stitch back over the 1/4" hem you have just sewn.)

This is how the finished hood should look at this time.

Step 10: Place the bath towel right side down and the hood right side up. Measure the bath towel so that you can place the hood at the center top. Pin the back panel of the finished hood to the towel.

Step 11: Place the embroidered pieces on a protected surface, right sides down. Apply spray adhesive lightly to each.

Step 12: Hoop tear-away backing. Attach hoop to embroidery machine and embroider the outlines of the napkin rings.

Step 13: Place the embroidered and sprayed napkin rings in the hoop, one on each outline. Press into place so they saty positioned during the embroidery of the outline.

Step 14: Embroider the borders.

Step 15: Remove the backing from the embroidery hoop. Carefully tear each napkin ring from the backing. Using an iron or a heat press, permanently adhere the backing to the napkin ring.