Winter fashion...

It's starting to get cool around here. After catching my terrible teen with her nose about to go into my red wine glass when I left the room (honestly, kids these days!), it was obvious she needed warming up. Between the terrible teen and the 2.5 year old being a terror ... Ok, you know I'm talking about Melody, don't you? 2.5 real years, 17ish in dog years. Best of both worlds.

My friend Laura (another Laura) put me onto a tutorial for dog coats. I had a look at it, ignored it pretty much, drew up my own pattern and ended up with this.

I had the fabric stashed but decided I'd never get round to making the quilt I wanted to with it, so I sacrificed it in the name of dog fashion. I used a wool batting and backed it with polar fleece - nice and cosy and snug! Quilted it first and then added binding.

I made the bias binding myself (on the bias) using my magic automatic electric bias maker. It's not perfect but it's a darn site easier than ironing it yourself. 

Velcro tabs and fastening for impatient models. Zigzag stitching for impatient seamstresses.

Very recalcitrant model. She's lucky she didn't get pinned.