With a sewing machine, yard of festive fabric, and 10' of rope, this easy dog bed cover can be made in just 30 minutes.
1. Prepare fabric for bed cover
Essentially you are making a fitted sheet. Measure dog bed. Luci's is 24x36x2. The fabric dimensions you will need are size of bed + (height of cushion x 2) + 8. In my case, my final fabric piece was 38" x 50". Cut your piece and iron out.
2. Make marks for miter seams
To reduce bulk and create fitted corners, you want to sew miter seams on them. Place fabric on top of bed(ask lounging puppy to get up for a minute) and spread out evenly, so there is the same amount of fabric coming off the bed on all four sides. Mark each corner of the bed with a pin.
3. Sew
Bring over to sewing machine. With right sides together, fold at pin. Creating a triangle, sew along one edge. Trim excess. Continue for rest of corners.
4. Casing for rope
Fold edge of fabric over 1/4", then tuck beginning of rope along that, folding over about 3/4", capturing rope inside. Leave a rope tail a few inches out so as not to lose within casing. Continue sewing casing until you come to the beginning. Leave about 2" uncased.
5. Cover bed and give back to puppy
Fit bed into cover, align corners and draw cord, redistributing casing to be even as you do this. Pull cord as tightly as you can, redistributing casing, and tight a bow.
Flip over and voila! A bit of Holiday cheer for your doggie to spread out on.
Vanessa virginiences, or American Lady on Liatrus Spicata, or Button Snakewort.
Both Native
There are a lot of expressions that we hear now and then; most we think we know the origin of, some we don't. For the most part we just don't ponder the origin of commonplace expressions because they are... common. The first thing I discovered when beginning to read this little gem of a book, was not only hadn't I considered where many common sayings come from, but my preconceived idea of their origin was actually wrong! Kinda embarrassing, but guessing I may not be alone in this. I thought it would be of value then to share some tidbits from this book. Audio format is nice, as you can multitask while listening to this. This is my first attempt at recording reading a book, so any constructive criticism is welcome!
There are a lot of expressions that we hear now and then; most we think we know the origin of, some we don't. For the most part we just don't ponder the origin of commonplace expressions because they are... common. The first thing I discovered when beginning to read this little gem of a book, was not only hadn't I considered where many common sayings come from, but my preconceived idea of their origin was actually wrong! Kinda embarrassing, but guessing I may not be alone in this. I thought it would be of value then to share some tidbits from this book. Audio format is nice, as you can multitask while listening to this. This is my first attempt at recording reading a book, so any constructive criticism is welcome!
There are a lot of expressions that we hear now and then; most we think we know the origin of, some we don't. For the most part we just don't ponder the origin of commonplace expressions because they are... common. The first thing I discovered when beginning to read this little gem of a book, was not only hadn't I considered where many common sayings come from, but my preconceived idea of their origin was actually wrong! Kinda embarrassing, but guessing I may not be alone in this. I thought it would be of value then to share some tidbits from this book. Audio format is nice, as you can multitask while listening to this. This is my first attempt at recording reading a book, so any constructive criticism is welcome!
Cool! I've never noticed galls on staghorn sumac. Location: SE NH.
Melaphis rhois on Rhus typhina
https://bygl.osu.edu/node/1112
Happy garden with all the heat, humidity, and occasional rain.
I made a yummy zucchini chocolate bread for my sister's visit. Going to air fry some of what I just picked.
