♫ ♪ Baby, it's cold outside ♫ ♪

As you can certainly imagine, I don't like any style of dog-clothing - I'm a red-blooded male!
Nevertheless some weird human beings think that they have to robe their dogs like infants and even think they like it.
I must confess that there are some buddies who need something to wear, because they don't have enough undercoat. But why the hell it has to look like Barbiedolls on their way to prom?

'cause it's getting colder day by day, I seek advice from the web and found a »Quick coat« that is really easy to sew and doesn't look like "Tinky Winky" of the Teletubbies.

Needed Materials

• waterproof fabric 60cm (24 inches)
• warm lining fabric (for example fleece or artifical fur) 60cm (20 inches)
• velcro (for example 2cm / ~1" wide)

Pattern


The pattern is made for a coat like in the picture at the end of this post; you might want to consider making a bigger coat in up-down direction. Then the coat would protect some more.

Bend the waterproof fabric in half, put the bend in place marked in the picture. Cut the pieces, collar B is not mandatory. You can also make it from artificial fur, both sides. This would make the coat look really cool:) Bend the lining fabric and cut one similar main piece also.

Open bent pieces. Sew lining and waterproof fabric together from wrong side, but leave the collar area open. Turn inside out, so the seams are hidden nicely.
Attach the collar, sew along the edge of main piece. If you made the collar from two pieces, do it the same way as main piece: together from wrong side and then turn inside out. If you do not make a collar, then just sew the main pieces together as nicely as you can.

Try the coat on the dog and choose suitable places for velcro on the front (about place C).
Choose a spot for stomach band also (about place A).
Sew in the front velcro, if you do not want to use there velcro at all, sew pieces together. Just be sure that dog's head can fit through. Sew stomach band in place from one side, sew also some velcro to it's free end.

Try the coat again, now it's easy to spot the place for velcro so that the stomach band works. Sew it in place and the coat is finished!

If you consider fleece as a lining fabric, note that it gathers static electricity easily. Therefore it collects lots of hair.
The coat should look something like this (the stomach band in picture is different):

All instructions by the mistress of Noppa (the beautiful Dalmatian shown above). Thanx for that!

Man - I just notice that we have a crazy date today: 11|11|11
Seems to be a freaky friday...
(Maybe I'll put on a coat when going out for a walk - my mistress will go crazy on me!!!!)

Sweden ≠ IKEA

The scandinavian design is one of my favourites. I like the uncomplicated forms and the use of high-class natural materials.
The swedish designer »Lisa Bengtsson« created some really classy interior designs to pimp your home with your beloved friend. The collection includes different wallpapers, posters, pillows and tablewear.
Not everything that comes from Sweden must be IKEA....












Products are online available at:
Huset-Shop (for the US)
Scandinavian Design Center (Europe)

Hejdå! Hej så länge!*
* Cheers! See you soon!

pooch pouch

Women love bags - so does my mistress...She got millions of billions that fill a huge closet in my house. Without a doubt you can easily imagine that she instantly fell in love with the following range of eco-friendly tote bags made by »Blueblood®«, two women (no surprise, ey?) that live and meet each other at their dog park (no surprise, too) in Pacific Heights, San Francisco.
The illustrations are made by the co-owner of Blueblood®, Alexis Moran, and show the life of her Labrador Tubby in New York.

Model| Tubby's Deli

Model| The Hamptons

Model| Madison Ave.


The back side of all totes look the same.

And the best thing is: They are big enough to carry dozens of dog-treats...
Enjoy your meal!

Hello Halloween

Here in Germany there isn't such a big hype of Halloween like in the U.S.
Lucky me, because I hate wearing clothes or being costumed. (As you know, the only costume I tolerate once a year is the goofy crown that I have to wear at my birthday.)
But I found this funny pic at the internet that even pleased me.
It looks so strange that I'm really loving it.
Hmmm, wasn't that the slogan of the products that are shown at the pic?


Hey folks, I sniffed out where the advertising-agency found it - they saw this photo!
I'm so foxy!

Magnetic fields

Christmas is moving closer & closer - right on the day there are only 2 months left.
My mistress is a person who hate being on the eleventh hour with buying christmas-presents. In addition she likes to donate things with a personal style and she likes all of the DIY-stuff.
She found a really simple tutorial of »Ambrosia creative« where you learn how to do handicrafted fridge-magnets that look like cute little polaroids. A perfect present for christmas!

After downloading the frame, she put some photos of me inside, printed them out, glued them onto a cardboard, glued them onto a magnet and a short while later she had some fancy magnets for one of her best friends that is respectively one of my biggest fan...
Look at this:


You can do this with every motif you like. My personal choice would be: sausages, bones, ham, treats aaaaaand the silly cat of our neighbours.

Wire dogs

Never fear! I don't want to talk about those bad dog catchers, who are paid by some sick people for hunting and bothering animals. - I'm talking about art.
Today I found an artist who designs animal sculptures by using wire. It reminds me of ball-pen sketches that humans make while talking to someone boring at the telephone.
I think that was the inspiration of »Antonia Hansen« - a girl from lovely California - when creating the different dog-breeds (and a lot of more) in a handy size.

Have a look at poodle, retriever, great dane & other buddies that seems like handmade scribbles in 3D:








I would like to close this post by revealing my very own weekends' motto:
Better weird than wired.

Hello Kitty? - Bye bye!

Most of the time dogs and cats are problematic together. I really like cats (for hunting) and I adore their food (for me).
So it was good news for me that the japanese inventors of the most famous cat, so-called "Hello Kitty!" adopted a cute dog, called »Rebecca Bonbon«. A stylish french bulldog, that was born in Paris but now lives, together with her owners, in a cool apartment near Central Park in New York. She loves to travel around the world, to shop all day long and to eat bonbons (what else...)

Because one of my best friends is a french bulldog too, and because Rebecca seems to be a "Hund von Welt" like me, I think it would be possible for me to chum up with her. - Even if I don't like this girlish and pinkish stuff.


As you can imagine, Rebecca is a typical girl, and so there are tons of shirts and accessories available that are covered with her face.
My mistress loves the grey sweater that you can see at the middle of the first row on the next pic:


But - just a second: Why does she want to wear a shirt with another dog like me?
I've to thrash this out with her immediately!

See ya later!

Dog rider

Usually I don't like playing games with us dogs. But this idea of a harness by »Costume Supercenter« is damned funny that I always have to laugh out loud when I see the following pics.
See for yourself!

Dog Rider Model "Jockey"


Dog Rider Model "Postman"



Dog Rider Model "Cowboy"


Dog Rider Model "Headless Horseman"


I think now I know what to wear on Halloweens day this year....

Keep calm and carry one (or more)

Today it was raining cats & dogs the whole day. I think autumn has arrived in Germany and I feel sad of the grey sky that maybe will last until april....

Therefor I'm totally delighted by the following prints of »Keep Calm Shop« from NYC that will bring colour & a smile in your home:


Here are the available colours of the print:


And these are the breeds you can choose for the top of your print:


Now then Buddies: Keep calm and rejoice the weather!

From Skywalker to Dogwalker

Have a nice weekend!
Here in Germany it'll be a long one - thanks to a bank holiday.