C.Cal Quilt Girl

My father was blind, and a little messy, so bought the low priced bath towels hemmed around the top to make a narrow area to go around the neck, were made long so covered most of his lap and used velcro to attach flaps, it worked great, washable and the terry soaked up most of the wet spills before they soaked thru.
Good Luck with you project, what a nice thing to do!!
He didn't want food down the front of his clothes, so had about 10-12 of them could reuse or get a clean one for each meal.