How to Make a Terry Cloth Bath Wrap

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Before beginning

   Decide if you want the the stretch wrapping around your body or hanging toward your feet.
   
   Depending on the width of your fabric, you may have no choice in the matter.
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   Step 2: check the stretch of your fabric.

   A good rule of thumb is that you will want your fabric to overlap in front of you so that it reaches just before your armpits. ,,,, Cut the fabric. , Once again, you can eyeball the area by wrapping the fabric around your body, or you can do a simple mathematical equation. , Once comfortable, pinch the fabric on both sides right under your armpits.
   
   Quickly mark both sides where you pinched them on the wrong side of the fabric. , Measure across your back from right beneath one armpit to right beneath the other.
   
   Write this number down as the width of your back.
   
   Now use a ruler or the tape measure and measure the width of your fabric.
   
   Write this down as the width of the fabric.
   
   Now subtract the width of your back from the width of the fabric, and write this new number down as the remainder of the fabric.
   
   Divide the remainder of the fabric by 2, and write this number down as the wings.
   
   Now you will need to measure in this number from the left side of the fabric and mark on the wrong side of your fabric.
   
   Do the same thing on the right side.
   
   The space between these two marks should be the same as the width of your back. ,,
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   Step 3: With the stretch going in your preferred direction

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   Step 4: wrap your fabric around your body to gauge the width of your panel.

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   Step 5: Pinch the fabric where you want to cut

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   Step 6: and then add 4–6 inches (10.2–15.2 cm) to prepare for hems and mistakes.

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   Step 7: Mark the wrong side of the fabric where you will be cutting it with a washable marker

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   Step 8: fabric pen

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   Step 9: or chalk.

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    Step 10: Lay your fabric out on an open surface

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    Step 11: and use the ruler or straight edge to mark a line where you will be cutting your panel off of the remainder of your fabric.

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    Step 12: Use your straight-edge again to mark lines on your fabric to straighten all of the edges

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    Step 13: creating an even rectangle.

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    Step 14: Now you will need to mark the top of your fabric in the area that you will be sewing your elastic.

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    Step 15: If you have chosen to eyeball the fabric

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    Step 16: simply wrap it around your body into the approximate position you would wear it when finished.

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    Step 17: If you have chosen to use the mathematical equation

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    Step 18: you will need a tape measure.

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    Step 19: Now that you have marked where you will be sewing in your elastic

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    Step 20: you will need to cut your desired length of elastic and sew it in your marked space

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    Step 21: about 1⁄2 inch (1.3 cm) from the top of the fabric.

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    Step 22: Fold the top of your fabric over twice and pin.

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