Rub-a-dub-dub

I made a bathmat for my tub!

This weekend I decided that I needed to use up some towels. There are way too many for our closet and we have several that are just old and not very big. We also need a bathmat. So I made a bathmat out of the old towels.

I found a few that I really liked but this one caught my fancy first. It looks straight forward and added some interest since my old towels are drab.

I did a few things differently. First of all I didn't cut, I ripped. Mine has raggy edges but I like the way it looks. Also she said to sew around the outside first and that goes against everything I know about sewing so I didn't. I sewed all the vertical edges first then sewed all the horizontal ones.

My tips:
Pin the heck out of it. I mean it, get all those edges pinned as it shifts a lot. I did a pretty good job with mine, but even then when I got it to the sewing machine things had shifted. I actually ran out of pin and had to run out to JoAnnes. I have to say that was the worst part of the project was pinning it.

Keep track of how things are lining up. I had to keep making sure that I was not sewing through too many layers.A few of my corners have little holes. Don't bother looking you can't see them in the picture, but I know that they are there.

Also I didn't fold over my excess at the ends of the rows, I just cut it off. Mine has a very raggy look to it, but I  like it.

All in all a good Sunday project. I must say it reminds me of a checker cake.