Saturday, June 18, 2011

Pool robe

I saw Dana's beach robe pattern yesterday and had one of those "must make one now" reactions. Luke is spending lots of time at the pool, so i knew he'd put it to good use. One nap time and $6.99 later, and Luke had a robe of his very own.


(Warning: side effects include turning 3-year-olds into Kung Fu warriors.)


Dana's pattern is made from a beach towel, which is awfully smart. Also smart: the ties are sewn into the robe (cause I know we'd lose that thing before we got out of the car).


I had intended to make the hooded version, but the towel I bought wasn't quite big enough (and I ignored Dana's advice to buy two towels to be safe). Oh well. Still cute!

Beach robe
My bias tape is kind of sloppy. I might go with the store-bought version if I make it again.


It's a great pattern, and Luke really likes it (I suppose that goes without saying). Mom and son are both happy!


Note to Luke's pediatrician. I know you said we should try to keep him out of the pool until Monday if possible (swimmer's ear). But on a sunny, 95-degree Saturday, we decided it wasn't possible. As you can see, we feel really guilty about it!

12 comments:

felicity said...

I love towel robes - this is absolutely awesome!

Leah said...

You're crazy! I can't believe how fast you turned this out. It's awesome.

Anonymous said...

love Luke's wracked with guilt face. not too convincing.

great job with the robe.

Anonymous said...

last comment by your mom....having a hard time logging in to post comments these days.

dana said...

oh it turned out great! You're one of the first to make it and put your pics in the flickr group. Thanks for sharing! It's fun for me to see :)
- Dana

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

Sew cute! I never learned how to make clothes.

AnneMarie said...

HILARIOUS!! Your son is cracking me up! I want a Kung Fu warrior too. Maybe I need to make some of these for my boys... :)

Megan said...

Bahahahaha! Those photos are priceless! Looks like he loves the new robe.

Carolyn said...

Holy smokes! Those are freaking adorable pictures! And such a cute robe!

Stephanie said...

Love it! Yeah, um, his pediatrician must be nuts. There's no way to avoid the pool on a Saturday in the Dirty South. DUH!

Loving how tan Luke is, thanks for bringing him up to work last week!

Charlise said...

I love this robe! BTW, your son is adorable!!!

Karen Chatters said...

I bought the same towel!! And, I have to go back and get another one so my robes will have sleeves (already cut out the hood). ADORABLE!!