On the main blog, I've discussed our dogs in more detail. Otter's dog is a beagle, Maggie is her name and she's a typical beagle - crazy. Maggie came to us as a 2-year old dog, she had belonged to a "little old lady" who passed away and that meant a re-homing for Maggie. Aside from the fact that beagles are extremely energetic little furrballs which isn't what you'd expect in an older person's pet, Maggie loves to be dressed up and we think that her previous person probably dressed her up on a regular basis. Maggie has a few bandanas and one "dress", which she will bring to us quite often and gets very excited when her clothing gets put on her. Maybe it's a good memory for her, I don't know how much dogs can remember since they are very much in the moment, but it's fun.
So, Otter and I decided that Maggie needed something else for her wardrobe. Otter requested a cape and I had the perfect yarn for it. Pink Camo just seems to fit Maggie Moo's personality.
This is the entire cape, after we put it on the dog and she ran around for a few minutes. Then she went to sleep, and she seemed pretty comfortable!
This is a close-up of the flowers. They are easy to make, they are a combination of half-double stitch, double stitch and triple stitch.
I made a ruffle at the top, which actually covers Maggie's Princess collar when she's in an upright position. Ruffles are easy, this one is double stitch.
After I took the picture, I realized that the last flower is off-center a little bit. I'll get that fixed, it's sewn on to the cape so it will only take me a couple of minutes to do that.
The cape is single stitch, with chain stitch ties at the front and under the belly.
1 comment:
This is precious! I like her princess collar too. :)
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