Easy Beach Towel Swimsuit Cover Up

Today I’m going to show you how to make a super easy kids swimsuit cover-up out of a beach towel. It’s a great project for someone who’s just learning to sew or for kids to even tackle themselves! 

Easy Swimsuit Cover Up by Melissa Mortenson of polkadotchair.com

Even though summer is starting to wind down and school starts this month, the weather here usually stays warm clear through October… Perfect for swimming. Today’s project is an easy summer sewing tutorial.  I noticed my daughter one day struggling to keep her beach towel on and thought it would be so much easier if she just had a “hole” in the middle to put her head through- then I got the idea to make this easy beach towel swimsuit cover-up for her.

Easy Swimsuit Cover Up by Melissa Mortenson of polkadotchair.com

Beach Towel Kids Swimsuit Cover-Up Tutorial:

To make the cover-up you’re going to need:

1 beach towel (a not super thick one like this one from Target is easier to sew with)

1 package of extra wide double fold bias tape

ribbon

Easy Swimsuit Cover Up by Melissa Mortenson of polkadotchair.com

Directions:

Begin by cutting a 12″ wide opening in the center of the beach towel. If you’re making this for a much smaller child I recommend an 8-10″ hole.

Turn under the raw edges of the cut hole and hem on your sewing machine.

Next measure down 14″  (10″ for a smaller child) from the cut hole and draw a line across the wrong side of the towel. Open up your double fold bias tape and press it open so that it no longer folds in half, but the raw edges are still folded under.

Sew the bias tape to the towel along the line you drew. This is the casing for the ribbon. Repeat for the other side of the towel.

Easy Swimsuit Cover Up by Melissa Mortenson of polkadotchair.com

Cut your ribbon to 3 times the width of your towel. Feed the ribbon in beginning on one side and going through the other side of the towel so that the ribbon ends meet.

Then just pull up on the strings to give the towel its shape.

Easy Swimsuit Cover Up by Melissa Mortenson of polkadotchair.com

 

That’s it!!

Easy Swimsuit Cover Up by Melissa Mortenson of polkadotchair.com

 

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4 Comments

  1. This is awesome. I’m in Australia. What size towel have you used in this example please? I’m making for grandchildren from ages 3 to 8.

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