I've been volunteering for my local Humane Society, the Coulee Region Humane Society for almost five years now. Each year they have a banquet that raises funds for yearly activities and supplies. It's a really heart-warming event because they invite families who have adopted pets from the Humane Society and ask them to share their happy stories of how the pet changed their lives.
I stayed up way too late the night before the banquet making it, but I'm really please with how it came together. The only difficulty I had was with the gusset section stretching and then not aligning with the top and bottom parts. I had planned on this happening, so I started stitching at a point where I could take in some extra fabric if I need to (and I did). If anyone has ever done a project similar to this, I'd love to hear if there's a good way of avoiding that problem.
Anway, the bed raised a nice chunk of money and I was pleased to see the new pet bed owner walk away with a smile!
Oh that's excellent! Love the fabrics you chose too. And your Pepper looks like a lovely friend.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I need to make my doggies some nice beds, I'll have to check out that tutorial.
ReplyDeleteFABULOUS doggie bed -- and Pepper looks so soft and sweet! Pets make life better! :o)
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful, fellow beagle owner! My beagle, Ruby, is such a good (bad) dog (you probably know what I'm talking about; the barking, the food stealing, the adorable wickedness). We love her- she's an old girl (16 going on 17), but still beautifully wicked as ever! Great cause and kudos!
ReplyDeleteOh I love this! There is one very lucky puppy out there getting a new bed! :-) Well worth all your hard work, I'd say!
ReplyDeleteLovely bed for a furry friend. Well done:) We are a dog owner here too. An English Springer Spaniel.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice bed and the cutest doggie!!
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job.
very cool! Pepper is a cutie! I love beagles. My dad got a beagle for the purpose of hunting when I was a kid...and well, let's just say I turned our Beagle (Penny) into a pet :) She became too domesticated to become a good hunter. LOL. I love the petbed. Maybe i'll make one and donate it to our local shelter. Thanks for the idea :)
ReplyDeleteThe fabrics are adorable. Very nice idea!
ReplyDeleteThat is wonderful! We have adopted all our doggies and I love to see other people helping out as well. It is an adorable pet bed!
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OH, I am a dog lover and your Pepper and the dog bed you made are wonderful!
ReplyDeletethis looks so great. i love how your dog is sitting so nicely, not on it.
ReplyDeleteI love dogs! That's a beautiful bed. I've had the same issues with gusseting, and the only fix I've ever come across was using a ton of pins! How's that for a non-answer? But it's super cute!
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I love your picture of Pepper. I had a beagle, Spot, who was the gentlest dog we ever had. When I was making chair cusions, I had the same problem with the corners not matching up when sewing on the second section. I ended up sewing it on by hand and that worked perfectly. I wish I knew what the real secret is to making them match using the machine, unless a walking foot is used, but that won't work with cording.
ReplyDeletevery cool! I'm not an animal person. But this is great! I like the color scheme.
ReplyDeletePepper's a cutie and nice job on the bed!
ReplyDeleteAdorable dog bed! Our big lovable mutt is a rescue and I love that you help out the Humane Society. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteCaught a comment under the dog bed post back on Sew4Home --- the author said the gusset IS too big. She's made changes in the tutorial to reflect the new measurements. Were you the commenter?? *grin*
ReplyDeleteIt's so very cute Anna! hmmm, I did a custom order for some bench covers with gussets last summer and I don't remember them stretching at all, but I was using home dec material. Maybe that was the difference since you used fleece on one side? Maybe if you serged the fleece edge first, it would turn out a little more even next time?
ReplyDeleteWe had a beagle named Annie. She passed away last year. We miss her so.
ReplyDeleteI was going to suggest using a walking foot to avoid that stretching of the gusset issue- but it could be tricky with the cording. Some machines have a functiong where you can reduce the pressure on the machine's foot- that may help as well. You could also try iron on interfacing to help stabilise the gusset and stop it stretching. Love the dog and the bed!
ReplyDeleteI have been looking for a doggy bed to replace the puppy version for my German Shepherd. It went in the trash a few months ago since he chewed up a couple times and grew out of, even though it was the largest we could find at a pet store. Thanks for sharing, I may have to make it much much bigger but your inspired me to try. Yours looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteJust saw this, Anna...It's great! I had to figure out a way to make a pet bed with no zipper. Our Great Dane has a thing for zippers. I just ended up making it like an overlapping pillowcase.
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