How to Fix Fraying Towel

Frayed at the Edges

There are some things I am good at noticing and other things not so much.  One of the areas I am not so good at noticing is when our towels are starting to get worn.    There is a little fraying at the edges of the towel, then maybe a small tear where it was frayed, finally the towel has pulled apart enough that it looks like one of my kids took a pair of scissors to the towel. I think I don’t notice it because I only see the towels once a day. In comparison to a pair of pants my kids wear or a shirt that needs mending, if my kid is wearing it I see it the whole day and I am visually drawn to it like a magnet to metal. As a result of this blind spot of mine, I usually notice that a towel needs mending when it’s pretty far gone.  This time however, whew-who I noticed faster.  The seam on one end of towel had come loose and was slightly frayed when I pulled it out for mending.

Step #1

I cut he frayed fabric off.

Step #2

I seem ripped the edge of the towel where it had come apart.

Step #3

I folded a new edge for the frayed edge.

Step#4

I pinned ribbon over where the new hem would be located. I chose to do this because if I just adjusted the hem a person could look at the two hems and tell that they were different.  Ok, maybe nobody would notice.  Who pays attention to that when they are getting out of the shower/bath?  The different seems would have bothered me, so I put ribbon on both sides to make them the same again.

Step #5

I stitched them down.

The towel is now mended and it’s before I have decide if I need to turn the towel into hand towels or wash clothes, yeah!

Materials

Thread- left over from another project                 0.00

Ribbon- left over from someone else’s project        0.00

Total Cost

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