The Puppy Bath Poncho

  I made this cute bath poncho using a pattern I found in a book called "Quick and Easy Sewing Projects by Singer" from 1993. The pattern is very simple, so I decided to put the version I made of it on here. There is A LOT of steps, but they are not very hard.

                                            The things you need are:

                    

                          Two Bath Towels

                    1/4 yard contrasting fabric

             A scrap of black broudcloth(for the face)
                          A sewing machine
    black string and any color string that matches the                            towels you chose

                            These patterns:

 

After you have gotten necessary supplies and printed out the patterns, you are ready to start the project!

 

Step 1

 

take one of the towels and put the other one aside, cut a rectangle from one of the towels 10" by 22"

(25.5 by 56 cm).

 

Step 2

Fold the rectangle you cut out of the towel in half. Take a bowl (or anything round) and put it in a corner on the folded side (as shown above) and trace it along the corner with a pencil or a marker. Remove the bowl and cut along the mark you made, rounding the corner. Open it up and it should look like this:

 

                                 Step 3

Take out your black scrap of fabric and your pattern like the on in the photo. Cut out the pattern for the face, pin each piece to the fabric and cut them out.

 

Step 4

 

First, if you did not cut out your rectangle of fabric on a closed up side, you will have to hem it. Pin the peices to the face where you want them, and use a satin stitch to sew them on.

 

Add a little mouth for extra cuteness.

                                  Step 5

 

Take out your pattern like the one in the photo and cut them out.

 

Cut two of each pattern out of your pre-cut towel and your contrasting fabric ( as shown above ). Put the pieces for the feet aside.

Pin two ear pieces together, one of towel, and one of contrasting facric. Sew them up and flip them inside out.

                                  Step 6

 

Pin the ear pieces slanting like this for the hood piece. Sew them on with a straight stitch and go back over it with a zig-zag stitch. It should look like this when you are done.

 

Step 7

 Fold the hood piece in half and sew it, go over it with a zig-zag stitch. Leave the back open! Flip it inside out.

 

Step 8

 

Fold the towel you kept aside in half. Make the piece on the bottom 1" (2.5 cm) longer than the piece on top.

             
                                  Step 9

Place a pin 8 1/2" (21.5 cm) from the side on each side of the towel.

 

Make sure there is 10 1/2" (27.8 cm) space between each pin. Open it up leaving the pins in the towel.

 

Cut a slash between the two pins. Remove the pins.

 

 

Step 10

 Place the hood in like the photos above and pin it in.

Sew it and go over it with a zig-zag stitch. Don't forget to hem the spot near the neck!

                                Step 11

Take out the pieces you cut for the feet. Pin them together, sew them up, and flip them inside out.

 

Step 12 (almost done!)

               Pin the feet to the towel like this.

        Sew them and go over it with a zig-zag stitch.

 

All Done!

Thank you for reading!

The Whale Dress

First of all, I would like to apologize for the months I have not been on... But I'm here now! This adorable dress I made for my sister was made from a pattern I bought at Joannes Fabric Store. The cute whale fabric was bought, surprisingly, at Walmart in the fabric section. The pattern I used is,

Simplicity easy-to-sew 2270 size HH 3,4,5,6.

Judging by the name, this was a very easy little dress to make.

 

 

 

        That's all for now, thank you for reading!