Pretty Flower dog Bridal gown in the making

A customer asked me to make a bridal dress for her dog, who she is calling her Flower Dog.

She gave me a description of her own wedding dress, which included:

White lace, western style, rustic, layers of ruffles and lace, and some bling.

Her bridal colors are turquoise and brown, with a touch of yellow and white.

Her malti-poo is white, and she wants color and some lace.

I drew a few sketches and the decision was a turquoise satin skirt, with some white overlay. She did not want a train, but she liked my idea of the lace cascading down the back

The cutting and stitching begins:

Now to figure out how to get the lace to casade and still keep the pretty finished edge. I decided to piece it in levels:

And it looks like this:

Added some organza ruffles, and a nice big satin bow:

And now to get some of the other bridal party colors in there. I added some brown ribbon:

And some yellow flowers:

Finished dress with some matching hair bows.

Giupetto and Ganna get new hats

We got new sunvisor hats and bandanas in the mail. Mommy's team member Tammy made them. She has a store in the computer called HappyDapperDogs.etsy.com

Mommy took some pictures of us today, even though she says they are for walking around town and at the beach, and in the car. She lets us put our heads out the car window when the car is going real slow, and people point and smile and wave at us.

Here is our short little slide show:

My sewing room

Pictures of my sewing room.
This room used to be a utility closet and had the washer and dryer. After many requests from my husband who was tired of me taking my portable sewing machine out and sewing on the dining table, he finally convinced me that we take the washer and dryer out and make this my sewing room.
So it is now my cute little sewing room, and utility room. He built all the shelves, in put in under shelving lighting, and it is my little space and I love it.

This first picture is a panarama shot taken with my new camera. A little distorted as I had to take it too close, but a cool feature on the camera.
Note the framing I did of all the ACEOs.

I love my collection of ACEOs purchased from some of my PetsJubilee team members.
The one on the left is by Athena, from www.SassySashaDoxie.
The middle and right are from Patty from www.DogBarks.
Here is the other wall. The ACEO on the left is also from Patty, and so is the fabric dog pin up.
The ACEO on the right is also from Athena. She gave this one to me as a gift. It is of my Giupetto and Gianna on the couch.

This one is from Athena - Doxie on Skateboard; fabric cat and dogs from Patty.

You can also see my Giupetto and Gianna bobble heads, and a felted inchworm made by another team member Hilary.

Athena also made me this one of my parrot DaVinci, on his play gym. I have not framed this one yet, but it sits in my sewing room.

Might seem a bit cluttered - we try to fit as much storage of household items in this small space...

...but the area I see when I sit and sew is so pretty, cheerful in yellow with red accents and my friends art work all around me. I keep that area pretty clear.

I found these prints on etsy and just had to have them as well, and framed them all together.

My friend and team mate Pauline found this print on etsy. It reminded her of me and thought I would be interested, and I was. She knew I would love it. This door closes and this is the picture I see from inside the apartment.

Pictures to see the size of the space, and all my sewing storage on the first shelf.

The red and green striped fabric totes were a gift from another friend and team mate, Alice from www.MakingStuffWithLove. I keep ribbons in one and bows in the other.

I hope you enjoyed your visit to my sewing room.

Annie Fabric - Project 1 and 2

A few weeks ago Annie from the Petsjubilee team I am on, had some extra fabrics, and asked her team members if anyone wanted any. Here is the fabric.









I didn't see dog clothes with this, but I did almost immediately come up with an idea for this beautiful fabric. I told my friend Alice about my idea and she sent me a pattern for it. Although I ended up not using the pattern, choosing to make my own, the pattern showed the use of 2 fabrics and I immediatley thought of this great black corduroy with cherries fabric.


Based on the pictures below, I asked my other team members to guess what I was making.

Some went with dog clothes, some said totes and bags, even shoe bags and drapes.


The closest was Sue Ann who thought it was a cover for something. She guessed suit bag for a closet, couch or cushion covers...









I also had enough fabric for a 2nd project. That project also included 2 of these cards that I purchased from fellow team mate Eva. I knew when I purchased these cards that I wanted to use some of them for this purpose.







So...what did I make with Annie's fabric and Eva's cards? The answers lie here.
If the screen is cut off, click on it to make it full screen.

SUPER BOWL 2012 - Giupetto and Gianna enjoyed the game

Did your pet watch the super bowl game?
Well, my two did.
Here's a very short video. Hope you enjoy.

(Note the captions at the top of some of the photos)



And the Giants win!!! Yay!!!

SNOW IN PA - JAN 21,2012

SO PRETTY - I Just love a new snow.

Hope you enjoy the slide show and movie.

Good bye Peep, and meet Carmello

Yesterday I came home and found that my little society finch, Peep, had died.
There was really no warning except a few weeks ago his breathing looked a little labored, and he looked a little ruffled. But this past week or so he looked fine.

Here is my last picture of him. Peep is on the left in the dark brown and white, and his buddy Poncho is on the right.

We will miss little Peep, and hope he loves his new place at Rainbow bridge where he can fly free.

I was a bit depressed over his passing. Partly because I wasn't sure if I had done something wrong. This was the 3rd buddy that I got for Poncho. The other 2 were females and I thought it might have been egg binding, but Peep was a male, and they got along really great.

I woke up even more depressed and went to the store to get Poncho a buddy, and help me to feel better.

They had a good looking selection of Society finches. The one I choose is the color of Carmel candy, mixed with white. I do not know if he is male or female, but for right now let's say he is a male. I have named him Carmello.

Here are some more pics (double click for full screeen):

Thanks for watching.