Oct 17
2009
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Some more sewing for the dog ... sort of. We are doing obedience classes with Abby. If you've ever trained a dog you'll know it involves a lot of treats. For the first class I was just keeping them in my jeans' pocket but they were difficult to get to quickly, especially if I was bending over or anything. Our instructor has a nifty little treat bag that clips right onto her belt and I thought I could probably make something similar.
I did a few mock-ups with freezer paper before moving on to fabric. The first couple looked alright on paper but were way too small when I tried to put my hand inside to grab an imaginary treat. Once I was satisfied with the size and shape of the freezer paper mock-up I went into my sewing room and got out some fabric: the outside is a home dec weight cotton I got from Goodness last spring; the lining is left over from a Regency dress I made for Samera a couple of years ago; and the rick-rack was hanging out in my tools drawer when I went looking for my scissors. I've always wanted to add rick rack into a seam like that; wouldn't it be fun around the edge of a quilt?
I was originally going to make a belt loop for my little pouch to hang from but then I though "What if I'm not wearing a belt?" and came up with another idea. I used a hair clip. You know those big spring clips. I sewed one right into the back of my pouch and now I can clip it onto whatever I'm wearing wherever it is most convenient.
I've used my clip-on pocket twice now and it works really well (except for that time I jumped to distract Abby and dropped treats everywhere in front of my otherwise distraction-ignoring dog ... lesson learned).
The weather has been awful here today. Yesterday was sunny and warm (+5!) but this morning we woke up to rain that gradually turned into snow. Everything was so wet and dreary. The snow started to stick a couple of hours ago and the world is slowly being transformed into her pretty winter self. Abby has been staring out the family room window for nearly an hour now watching for our squirrel. She's so excited she's quivering and if you touch her she makes funny little squeaks.
I did a few mock-ups with freezer paper before moving on to fabric. The first couple looked alright on paper but were way too small when I tried to put my hand inside to grab an imaginary treat. Once I was satisfied with the size and shape of the freezer paper mock-up I went into my sewing room and got out some fabric: the outside is a home dec weight cotton I got from Goodness last spring; the lining is left over from a Regency dress I made for Samera a couple of years ago; and the rick-rack was hanging out in my tools drawer when I went looking for my scissors. I've always wanted to add rick rack into a seam like that; wouldn't it be fun around the edge of a quilt?
I was originally going to make a belt loop for my little pouch to hang from but then I though "What if I'm not wearing a belt?" and came up with another idea. I used a hair clip. You know those big spring clips. I sewed one right into the back of my pouch and now I can clip it onto whatever I'm wearing wherever it is most convenient.
I've used my clip-on pocket twice now and it works really well (except for that time I jumped to distract Abby and dropped treats everywhere in front of my otherwise distraction-ignoring dog ... lesson learned).
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The weather has been awful here today. Yesterday was sunny and warm (+5!) but this morning we woke up to rain that gradually turned into snow. Everything was so wet and dreary. The snow started to stick a couple of hours ago and the world is slowly being transformed into her pretty winter self. Abby has been staring out the family room window for nearly an hour now watching for our squirrel. She's so excited she's quivering and if you touch her she makes funny little squeaks.