Towels are such a necessity, but also make such a great gift that we roll them up and tie them with cute ribbon so they arrive at your (or your recipient's) door gift-ready.
I remember being given a unique, hand-made towel at my baby shower and it was a good deal larger than the hooded towels seen in all the usual stores. I saved it until my daughter's first birthday and brought it out as a fun, brand new towel just when all her other towels were getting small and worn out. I thought other people might like this idea so we designed the towels 50" x 30" so that they would still fit toddlers and even older kiddos.