Easiest Upcycled Dog TIE Ever!!!


Are you ready for this???


BRACE YOURSELF...

Instructions:
Have you ever noticed the end of a tie?  It's shaped like a mini tie.


I measured and cut the length I thought would look good on Sebastian (add an inch or more depending on the thickness of your dog's collar).  Make it longer for bigger dogs.


Since I know a lot of my readers do not sew, I decided to make this a no sew tutorial!  (Those who do sew can do a straight stitch in place of the glue as an option).

I used Tear Mender, which is some serious stuff!  Bend the top of the tie back leaving enough room for the collar to slip through the loop and glue into place.


Slip the collar through the loop.


If your dog is fluffy like Sebastian, it really doesn't matter if the collar clashes with the tie.  For short-haired dogs, you might want to coordinate the two!


I hope you enjoyed!!

XOXOXOXO,
Erika and Sebastian

Bib Dress!!

If you have babies, had babies, know someone with babies...you will want to start collecting bibs after you read up on this tutorial!!  That's right, baby bibs!!


The top of this dress is a baby bib.  Oh, and the yellow ruffled part is actually the end of a pillow case!  


If you know how to sew, you will know how to make this by looking at the pieces in the above picture.  Pretty simple, right??  

Unfortunately, this idea is only for the small dogs.  But seriously, the possibilities are endless with all the adorable bibs out there!  You don't even need an embroidery machine because the bib already has it for you!  

If you make this:
 Make sure you measure your dog for the belt (the green portion) where the bib will end.  Add 3 inches when cutting the belt for the overlapping velcro (or a tie or button or...).  


Measure the length you want the skirt to be on your dog's back starting from where the belt will end.  I was lucky enough to have this yellow pillow case laying around.  I made it 8 inches long.  Ruffle the top edge, and hem the sides in.


Sew the belt on top of the yellow piece and bib piece.


And you're done!!  Seriously!


She looks lovely.


Some of you may have seen the one I did for DollarStoreCrafts.com last week.  After I made one using all items from The Dollar Tree, I knew I had to make an upscale/upcycled one for you guys!

This one (100% from The Dollar Tree) is made of a baby bib and a green tote bag.  And unfortunately, Foxy wasn't around for the photo so Sebastian had to model the dress.  I know...not cool!


You can check out this "Hug Me" dress here.

Hope you enjoyed!!  And as always, if you try this, post it on the Sew DoggyStyle Facebook page for us all to see!

XOXOXOXO,
Erika and Sebastian

Doggy Gaga!


Can you guess which one is the REAL Lady Gaga?  Ha!  

Sebastian had a lot of fun wearing this costume to the Bay Area Pet Expo February 26th. 


He entered the costume contest, but all of the dogs lost to a leprechaun pony.  This is the first and last time I enter a contest based on the audience clapping.  I think half the audience was from some equestrian group.  Not fair!!!

The winner

Anyways, we are done being sore losers. 

My favorite part of this costume is definitely the little meat hat.


Want to have your own little meaty Doggy Gaga? 

Here are the instructions:

What you'll need: Dark red felt, white paint, bright red paint, paint brush, some good glue and white elastic string.

Draw as many meat-like shapes as you need.  Obviously you'll need more the bigger your dog is.  Cut them out and make sure you have enough to cover your dog's back.


Make a special meat shape just for the hat and test-fit it.  I made mine in a way that it sits on the side of Sebastian's head and curves around the one ear.  You'll need to cut 4 strips of "bacon" for the leg wraps like this:


Decorate each meat piece with white and bright red paint.  I'm pretty sure anything you have around the house as far as paint will work.  I liked the red puff paint effect since it's 3-dimensional and looks like blood vessels.


Tada!


So, for the base of the meat, I made a little "jacket" out of some white fleece (I chose white because Sebastian is white).  For those of you who sew, any shape will work as long as it velcro's around the neck and the waist - you know, just like a real dog jacket!

For those of you who don't sew, I suggest using an old dog jacket as the base.  

Here is what mine looked like before the meat...nothing special.



Cover the "base" by randomly placing the meat pieces and gluing them.  After that, you're basically done!!  For the meat hat, attach elastic string to both sides and make the strings long enough to tie around your dog's chin.  For the meat leg wraps, wrap them around your dog's legs and wrap elastic string on top to hold them in place.  The meat leg wraps stayed on quite well with this method!

Here is the whole outfit with the meat hat at the top and the four leg wraps surrounding the body.


Tip: the ends of the elastic are going to want to unravel so just seal the ends by applying a little bit of glue.

I hope that was easy to follow.  If you make this (or any of my other projects for that matter), be sure to let me know.  I'd love to see pictures!



XOXOXOXO,
Erika and Sebastian

St. Patrick's Day Contest!!!

Aaaaaaaaand here they are - our fabulous HAT-wearing contestants!!  
(+ our very first kitty contestant!)

Please join in on the fun and cast your vote at the top right of this blog!



About the Contestants:

Sagira: 3 years old
Lives in Grove City, OH
Loves to play with brother and run agility!


Jazzi: 4 years old
Lives in Belvidere, IL
Loves to play with her toys and be the center of attention!

Jojo: 1 year old
Lives in San Diego, CA
Loves to cuddle and snore loudly!

Kilo & Narc: Both 8 years old
Live in Green Valley, Arizona
Narc is a frisbee champ and Kilo loves to chase balls and crows!!

Luna: 2 years old
Lives in Chandler, Arizona
Loves to take beauty naps, shop and wear pretty dresses!

The winner will get a tasty greeeeeen squeaker donut toy!


Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!


XOXOXOXOXO,
Erika and Sebastian

Poll closes 3/8/11 at 11:59pm Pacific Time

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