Duncan's Fancy New Outfit

So, my costuming has gone to the dogs. In celebration of Ren Faire I made Duncan some war horse digs.

I've had this idea for a while and it took me about 16 hours to complete.

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I modified a Simplicity pattern made for cold weather wrap for dogs. I cut an opening on the back half so that I could open it up and add cross-ribbons for decoration.

Once I finished the edges to the opening in the fabric, I cut the ribbons, finished their edges and then wove them over each other to cover the opening.

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Once the ribbons were on, I made a perimeter ribbon, lined the edge and created tassels of a sort. I had to sew them to the edging before attaching the edging to the main piece.

Finishing the edge of the perimeter ribbon.

My two machines, sewing and serger, hanging out together.

Adding tassels to the perimeter ribbon.

Now, you may have noticed that there are two sides to the livery. I chose the colors specifically because the fact that I was making a Ren Faire costume for Duncan was not geeky enough. I made it World of Warcraft themed. Here, I've almost completed the Alliance Lion symbol in the blue and yellow.  The other side, red and black, is for the Horde.

I let Duncan model it in the afternoon sun. He only minded it a little and I got proof that he can poop in it. So, first field test - complete!

Lok'tar ogar!