Beach Buddy

This project is definitely a more complicated one.  If you cant sew you will definitely need someone who can.  

I followed instructions of someone on Pinterest of course but my mom helped me and we changed it around a lot. 

All  you need is:

Two bath towels (any color you want, mine was a bigger towel too)

Stuffing (shown below) 

Thread in the colors you want

Sewing machine

Chop stick

About a yard of material you choose

Scissors 

First you are going to cut your straps on one of your towels.  You can measure however far you want really and then fold it over like this to see if it is a big enough strap for you.  

 After you cut two they should look like this... mine are about 4 inches wide 

 Then you sew them together all the way down on each one..

 And you also sew up one end 

 This is what it will look like when they are sewn together

 After that, use your chopstick to turn the straps inside out so you can't see where you just sewed. 

 After you turn them in.. they will look like this

Next you will be sewing the pillow

You fold the remaining towel that you cut the straps out of.  Fold it over and leave about 3 or 4 inches (as shown below).  This is where you will sew the other towel to it

You'll then sew that together where the towel meets

Sew it together all the way around leaving a small opening, large enough for your hand, at the top so you can put the stuffing in (as sewn below) 

 After you stuff it, it will look like this

 Where the piece hanging off ends, you will want to do a zigzag stitch all the way down so that the towel will not fray. 

Now you will fold the piece hanging off under the end of the pillow (as shown below) 

 Then pin it..

 Pin the other towel to the pillow..

 And then sew them together with a zigzag stitch

 It will look like this

You might be able to figure this out a better way for yourself since I am not good at explaining.  I think the pictures will help you to be able to figure it out.  (That's what I did)

Next you will roll it up as so...

 Then decide where you want your straps to go.

Pin them where you want them and then unroll it and sew the straps on in a square shaped stitch.

Once they are sewn on they will look like this.

The pillow will unfold if you pick it up because you haven't put on the velcro yet.

The pockets are next

Cut the pockets to the size and shape you want leaving a little bit of room to hem the pocket (as shown below) 

 Pin like this all the way around and then sew right down the middle of the hem

 This is what it will look like

 You will then pin it on the towel and sew it all around, except for the top of course.  I then sewed it down the middle to make a pocket big enough for a magazine and one small enough for your phone.

Do the same with the back pocket

 Sew it on as well.  Make sure to keep them tight when you are sewing to make it a good pocket.

Last but not least is the velcro.

I rolled up the towel and pillow and put velcro where the beach buddy closed.  I marked it with a pin and just sewed a straight line down the middle.

 I also sewed a little piece in the small pocket for the phone and camera pocket

After that you are done!

I think the pictures will explain how to do it better than the words I wrote.

Good luck!

Happy crafting and happy tanning! 

Always, 

Mel =)