Fun Accessories to Sew for Your Dog: 23 Cool Things to Make for Your Dog
By Tingk Lee and Sigongsa Co, Ltd
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Pamper your favorite pooch with this inspiring collection of cute canine accessories. Featuring dozens of doggie designs, there’s something here for every pet’s personality. Fun Accessories to Sew for Your Dog shows how to make your own one-of-a-kind creations: from leashes, toys, collars, cushions, and dining mats to storage baskets, sunscreen caps, carrier bags, and even an Elizabethan cone collar. You’ll discover plenty of ideas for making fun and functional gear. Step-by-step photos and clear instructions make these projects so easy to follow, it’s a walk in the park!
Inside Fun Accessories to Sew for Your Dog
22 pet-friendly DIY projects
Cool designs for attractive, practical dog gear.
Step-by-step photos make each project easy to follow.
Fun and functional ideas for leashes, beds, toys, collars, cushions, carrying pouches and more.
Advice on stitching, measurement lists, and tips on tools and materials.
Tingk Lee
Korean sewing aficionado and pet blogger Tingk (Jisu Lee) has spent years making clothes for dogs of all shapes, sizes, and breeds.
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Fun Accessories to Sew for Your Dog - Tingk Lee
Before You Begin
Understand the lengthwise and crosswise grain
While sewing, the selvage edge marks the lengthwise (vertical) grain of the fabric. This grain is more stable, so fabric should be cut along the lengthwise grain. A simple way to find the orientation of the fabric is to pull it. The lengthwise grain offers no elasticity while the crosswise (horizontal) grain has a bit of give. The fabric widths mentioned in this book and at your local fabric store refer to the horizontal width of the fabric. Make sure you are purchasing the right yardage for the specific width you find when gathering your supplies.
Wash your fabric
Before you use your fabric, make sure to wash it so it preshrinks and behaves more like the natural fiber. To wash your fabric, soak it in warm water for 1 to 2 hours. Agitate it several times and then wring it out. Put it in a shady, cool place to air dry and then iron it when it is nearly dry.
Iron your fabric
Before you cut your fabric, I suggest that you iron it. Ironing your fabric before using it can improve the finished look. You should also iron your fabric at every step in the sewing process to finish the seams and make the completed project look more professional.
Ways to cut your fabric
Unfolded fabric:
•Spread out the fabric with the wrong side up. Lay out the pattern pieces with the grain line aligned with the selvage edge. Trace the pattern onto the fabric with marking tools, such as water-soluble pens, disappearing ink pens, or tailor’s chalk.
•Trace around the pattern pieces for one side and then flip the pattern over to draw the remaining side.
•When flipping the pattern, make sure that the center marking is aligned. If the pattern calls for a center seam, make sure that the necessary seam allowances are marked.
•Draw the necessary seam allowances with a seam gauge and then cut out the pattern pieces.
Half-folded fabric:
•Lay the pattern pieces on the half-folded fabric and then trace the pattern.
How to Make Clothes for Your Dog
Measure your dog
Before you start making pet clothes, you need to know your dog’s neck and chest circumferences. Because there might be measurement errors due to the dog’s postures and different reference points, you need to confirm the measurements repeatedly according to the types of clothes you want to make.
Tips for measuring your dog
•Avoid measuring your dog while he leans to one side or looks down.
•Measure your dog while he stretches his back. Repeat several times and take an average.
•Avoid getting too tight or too loose when using the tape measure.
•Add a bit of extra length when measuring shaggy dogs.
•The chart on page 13 is based on the dog’s body length. The patterns in this book also follow this chart. You can use it as a reference to choose the patterns that best fit your dog.
•Using the same pattern with different fabrics might result in different sizes of the finished clothes. If you use thick materials like wools, be sure to add ¾–1¼ inches (2–3 cm) to the original patterns. On the other hand, if using knit fabric, you should subtract ⅜ inch (1 cm) from the original patterns.
•The size of the front pieces will vary due to the dog’s gender. For female dogs, you can make the front pieces a bit shorter.
Dog Clothing Size Chart (based on body length)
Dog Hat Size Chart (based on body length)
Find your pattern
Different kinds of dogs have different body types and sizes. Therefore, it is impossible to have one-size-fits-all clothing for dogs. Before you copy and adjust the pattern, be sure you understand your dog’s physical characteristics.
If the pattern fits…
•If any size (XS, S, M, L, XL) pattern from this book fits your dog, you can copy the pattern onto tracing paper or any other transparent paper.
•Glue the pattern to cardboard to help you cut it out and to keep it in place while you cut your fabric.
If the pattern doesn’t fit…
•First, you need to know the differences between your dog’s size and the chart on page 13, including chest circumference, neck circumference, and back length.
•Follow the instructions for How to alter the pattern
on page 16 to change the size.
Making muslins and basting
Before making the actual garment, you can make a sample (muslin) first from scrap fabric or cast-off clothes to make sure the pattern fits. After adding the seam allowances, cut the pattern along the cutting line. Baste along the seam lines and then try the muslin on your dog. If it doesn’t fit, find out which part you need to alter for the pattern. Basting not only helps you reduce waste but also makes sewing with the final fabric an easier process.
Cut
Lay the pattern pieces on the wrong side of your fabric and trace the patterns. You will begin to see how the garment looks after stitching up all the pattern pieces. Remember to add seam allowances outside of the seam lines from the pattern. After drawing the seam lines and allowances, you can cut the fabric along the cutting lines and then get to sewing.
The pattern arrangements found on the project instructions pages are meant to conveniently illustrate the pattern pieces you need and in what fabrics. This isn’t necessarily the exact pattern layout: you should judge and lay the patterns carefully to waste as little fabric as possible.
Sew
When sewing your dog clothes, you can either use a sewing machine or sew by hand. In my opinion, the best way is to use both methods. It is better to use a sewing machine for large clothes, but sewing by hand is preferred for details and textures. For fabric that unravels easy along the raw edges, I suggest finishing the edges with the overlock function of the sewing machine, or you can hand sew overcast stitches if you don’t have a sewing machine.
Confirm the pattern size
The illustration below is an example of a half-folded pattern. Use a tape measure to check the size on each part, compare it to your dog’s measurements, and decide whether you need