The weather here has gotten pretty cold and we have had a couple of inches of snow on the ground (quite a lot for us here in Nottingham!) for the past four days. This has caused one of my sausage dogs to be reluctant to venture out for his daily perambulate so I decided to make him a little jacket and I must say it has worked a treat. He is now as keen as ever to take a stroll of an evening. I looked for a pattern to follow on the internet but didn't manage to find one and as walk time was fast approaching I decided to crack on and make one for myself.
To make the pattern I measured from the base of Dillon's back to about and inch from the base of his tail, around his neck and also around his chest (behind his front legs- widest part of chest) I then joined up the measurements with a few curvy bits! (Not very technical but you can see how it turned out). I was lucky enough to have an old fleece jacket that I was going to give to charity which rescued from the donation box as I thought it would be perfect for keeping Dillon cosy.
I cut out the fabric- you could do this on the fold - due to a few pleats and things on the coat it was easier for me to do it as one flat piece.
I then zigzagged around the whole thing.
This picture (below) shows an adjustment I had to make to the coat after trying it against Dillon, I figured out that if he peed he would get the coat so I had to make the under-belly bit narrower (duh!).
I put buttons on the neck and underbelly fastenings as figured they would be nice and secure.
After another fitting I had to take in the body a bit so the coat wasn't flapping about- I just put a couple of dart-type things along the side edge.
And here is the final coat which took me about an hour to make- its not fancy but does the jobs well.
I would love to see what it looks like on Dillon.
ReplyDeleteI would also like to see Dillon model his coat too. Its really cute. Thanks for sharing. Mr Dillon and awesome mom. ����������
ReplyDeleteI would also like to see Dillon model his coat too. Its really cute. Thanks for sharing. Mr Dillon and awesome mom. ����������
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your post. Perfect easy pattern. I join the others wishing to see it on Dillon. Please....
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