Doggie coat

Sorry it has been a while. Things have been extremely hectic over here. But I thought I'd take a minute to show you a recent creation of mine: a doggie coat!

In the photo above, our foster dog is sporting none other than my very first dog coat. Of course, being on the property, it was covered in mud straight away. But it seemed to do the job. It is winter over here, and it does get quite cold on our block of land.

I made the coat from materials I had at home already. The outside is made from an old wool bale; the inside is lined with fleece, the tie-strings came from a set of towels I bought (they were just used to hold the towels together), and I had elastic strips left over from a previous project.

I don't know how waterproof it is, but the aim is to help keep rain off her, and provide an extra layer of warmth, which I think it does.