Simone's wish - Summer sun towel.

My daughter Simone found this pattern  for a sun bathing towel  with a pillow that  turns into a bag  and asked if I could make her one for the summer.   I got the towels, she  chose the fabrics  and I started   the project. I had never sewn on this type of material  so there were a few surprises.  I didn't realize that  the  cut towel would stretch so much so  I had to perform some creative fidgety alignments with lots of pins and stretching exercises.   Also  despite being warned by the pattern that it could get really difficult to sew  I still went ahead and  got a towel  that I now understand was maybe too heavy and thick for this  project .  Two hours and three needles later it was finished and Simone's  wish was fulfilled just in time for her birthday.

On the sun bed

Front of towel bag

Back side of bag

Side view