A Simple Towel Solution

The other morning, I walked into the bathroom that my toddler and preschooler use most often. Yet again, the hand towel was on the floor…I sighed and resolved to take action…

A few years ago, I had attempted to come up with a solution for the same issue in the kitchen. I created a zippered towel to go over the oven door handle or dishwasher handle. I loved it! The towel was absorbent enough to make it through a meal preparation without getting saturated, and it stayed in place!

One issue that I had with this towel, though, was sourcing a zipper that was the right size, color, and durable enough to withstand frequent, heavy-duty laundering.

But back to the present. I needed a solution for the hand towels on the bathroom floor. My idea was to buy some white cotton twill tape and attach it to the corner of the towel to make a loop to fasten over the towel holder. I even made a special trip to Hobby Lobby on Saturday to buy it, but they did not have it in stock. So, I had to come up with plan B. I tried multiple ideas, but the loop that seemed to work the best was made of a scrap piece of linen fabric that I had on hand, which I cut on the bias and sewed to make a loop as you see pictured below:

Loop fastened to the corner of the towel.

Instead of sewing it flat across the towel, I left a bit of space to have enough room to slide the towel through.

The towel can be fastened one of two ways: with the loop hidden in the back and the towel folded down over the front or with the loop showing in the front.

And here is a video so that you can see how to hang the towel to appear as shown above.

If you would like more specific instructions and helpful hints about making and attaching the loop, please comment below.

Now, I need to go do this to the rest of our hand towels…