Spring Holiday Fashions

Here we are on our first modeling assignment, showing off Spring and Easter fashions made by SewAmazin. The dog collar slipcovers in this collection were made based on designs by Penny Sanford Designs and are sold with permission - a portion of the sales are going to be donated to WestieMed to help take care of ill or injured rescued West Highland Terriers.

We like these Easter Egg Reversible Triangle collar slipcovers -- They look like bandanas!

To wear them, we slide our collars through a pocket or channel (kind of like putting a curtain on a rod) and our old plain collars are all dressed up for the holiday.

There's a buttonhole near the end of the slipcover where the D-ring for attaching our leash slips through so we don't have to take off our slipcovers to go for a walk. It also helps keep the slipcover from sliding around on our collar.

The flip side of these Easter Egg slipcovers is bright blue with multi-colored stripes. We think that blue side is nice for boys and can be worn all year, not just for Easter.

And they're totally reversible! Both sides are finished cleanly with no seams or hems showing, AND both sides have an opening for the leash attachment loop.

 

Sizes are based on collar length in one inch increments and the amount of gathering desired. We like our Triangle slipcovers about 2" longer than our collars so they gather a little bit.

Here I am in the Happy Easter slipcover, which comes in two versions on the reverse side. We couldn't decide which pink we liked better, so we asked for one of each!

One flip side is daisies on a pink background and the other is pink with mod white flowers. Both of these are very pretty and we'd wear them all summer.

 

The fabric on the front side was carefully cut so that the words Happy Easter would be centered on the triangle! All the stitches are done in coordinating pink thread.

Here is another style of slipcover that we think is very pretty on us Westies - Penny is wearing this Pretty Pink Dots Scalloped slipcover and it is just too cute!

This style completely covers the collar and has a buttonhole opening for the leash loop.

Penny's size is about 18" long (about 4" longer than her collar) and has 5 scallops that form the ruffles. It could be worn over a shorter collar and would be even more ruffly! Or it could go over a longer collar and be a little less gathered.

My size is about 21" long (about 5" longer than my collar) and has 6 scallops.

The Scalloped Slipcovers are available in a variety of pretty spring colored fabrics in the shop. If you don't see the size and color you'd like, click on one of the Contact links to request one made just for you.

Here I am again in this Abstract Easter Eggs Straight collar slipcover. Don't those circles look like funky eggs rolling in the grass?

This slipcover is very simple, maybe the boys would like this one too. The top-stitching and buttonhole for the leash loop are all done in blue.

Wouldn't this would be nice with my name embroidered on it? I think I'll ask for that on the next one.

I like this simple slipcover too - but it's a little bit fancier for us girls.

This is the Easter Egg Ric Rac slipcover and it's almost like the straight slipcover, but it has ric rac sewn into each of the side seams and pink stitching.

Both the Straight and Ric Rac slipcovers are sized slightly longer than my collar - about 1" or 2" fits nicely and doesn't gather too much.

There are Ric Rac slipcovers in two sizes listed in the shop; if you don't see what you'd like, you can have one made up just for you.

There's Penny again, modeling the Lavender Gingham with Bunnies fabric made up as collar slipcover bandana. She likes it hanging down in front sometimes.

We like this fabric so much, we've asked for it to be made up in all the different slipcover styles!

It's already available in 3 sizes of the Triangle style, and we've asked for it in the Scalloped style and with white Ric Rac.

I like to tease Penny - when I say 'bunny rabbits' she starts barking and looking all over to find them. She doesn't know she's wearing them.

This is another one of my favorite slipcovers - Spring Tulips Reversible Triangle Slipcover. It's says Spring all over.

This one is completely reversible, too - the flip side is a coordinating small floral print.

The tulips are soft peachy-pink on a creamy background. I really like pink tulips, but when we try to grow them in the garden, the squirrels and chipmunks dig up the bulbs and eat them! So all we can grow are daffodils and hyacinths, that don't taste so good to the squirrels.

A few weeks ago, we started practicing our modeling for St. Patrick's Day and this Reversible slipcover bandana. (There's a little patch of snow in the background above my nose in this photo!)

There are a few St. Patrick's Day slipcovers still in the shop - this one has Shamrocks on one side and a daisy filled diamond pattern on the flip side (Penny is wearing that side below).

 

We also have a single fabric version of Swirling Shamrock slipcover bandanas.

All of the collar slipcovers are made of cotton quilting-weight fabrics that have been pre-washed. The slipcovers can be machine washed and dried if they get dirty or they can be hand washed. They may need to be ironed lightly after they dry.


updates:
Oct-2017 edit links
Nov-14-2018 replace SewAmazin Flickr photos, upload to Blogger, edit links