Patriotic Pups!

Just before Memorial Day we started making some new dog collar slipcovers with a Red, White and Blue theme in Straight, Ric Rac, Scalloped and Triangle/Bandana styles. These will be great to wear for Flag Day, Independence Day, Veteran's Day and other patriotic celebrations.

Here are Keli (left) wearing a Straight slipcover and Penny (right) wearing a Ric Rac slipcover. Both are made with cotton quilting fabric in flag/navy blue with white stars and red stitching for accent. The Ric Rac slipcover has Scarlet red trim. We just received the same star print with a Red background and plan to make a sample using white trim.

 

We used more of the same navy blue and stars fabric to make a couple of Scalloped Ruffle slipcovers. Keli is wearing a longer, 6-scallop slipcover and Penny is wearing a 5-scallop slipcover. The sizing on each one creates enough gathering for a lightly ruffled effect.

 

The plain Scalloped slipcovers are nice, but we decided they needed something extra. So we experimented a bit and came up with these red yo-yo "poppies" to add to the 5-scallop version. There are three yo-yo's added to the 3 center scallops; the middle yo-yo is extra-large while the other two are large. They were made using a Clover yo-yo making tool in each size, then hand stitched to the collar slipcover.

We only added these to the 5-Scallop slipcover because it didn't look quite so nice on the 6-Scallop version.

Here is Penny wearing the new and improved 5-Scallop Slipcover with yo-yo Poppies - it still has a bit of ruffle to it:

 

And here is Keli wearing the same 5-Scallop slipcover on a longer collar. It has almost no gathering but it still looks very nice on her, too:

 

We also made some new Reversible Triangle/Bandana style slipcovers.

Continuing with the Patriotic theme, this first bandana slipcover is made with Lady Liberty fabric on one side and Patriotic Stripes on the other side.

The slipcover is fully reversible - there is a buttonhole on each side to hold the leash loop securely in place.

Here is Keli wearing the larger size slipcover, showing the Lady Liberty fabric:

 

And here is Penny wearing the smaller size slipcover, showing the Patriotic Stripes fabric:

 

The next bandana, Kisses and Blue Stars is done in red, white and blue colors, but it could really be worn all year round. For this one, I machine embroidered a design on one side. Kisses One Dollar is from Embroidery Library and is stitched on a white background. The other side of the bandana blue stars fabric.

Here's a closer view of the embroidery, with Penny modeling the smaller size slipcover - this would look really good on a darker colored dog!

 

And here is Keli wearing the larger size slipcover, showing the Blue Stars side:

 

Can you tell they both had baths and haircuts in between photo sessions?

Browse all our patriotic themed collar slipcover bandanas and more at SewAmazin's Studio blog and SewAmazin on Etsy.


updated:
Nov-14-2018 Replaced SewAmazin Flickr photos, uploaded to Blogger, edit links