Reversible Doggy Raincoat
You can customise colours and patterns by placing colourful cotton under the clear sheeting. This is a great opportunity for personalisation. Want a Doctor Who dog? now you have one. Batdog? Yes. You can go as far as using fabric pens/paint to further personalise the cotton.
My notes on the waterproofing element
There are a couple of different types of this clear sheeting you can get. I think most craft stores would probably stock some and possibly some hardware stores too.
The main type of PVC/vinyl/sheeting that I've seen around is that clear tablecloth plastic you can buy by the meter. Its kind of thick but completely see through. Usually found stuck hovering somewhere between the dressmaking and upholstery fabrics. You don't want to use this sort, its just too thick and bulky.
The other kind - and this is the kind I use- is actually found in the fabric/ dressing making section of the store. It's a bit thinner than the tablecloth sort and is nice and light and flexible. I stumbled across it completely by accident when browsing fabrics. The sort I bought was labelled 'Egypt' and was about $14 a meter. I don't know if that's particularly helpful information but might help you track down the right sort of plastic sheeting for this tutorial.
I think you could probably use a transparent shower curtain also.
You can draft your own pattern using the steps found HERE
You will need
- Cotton - in one or two colours/patterns (pre-washed)
- Velcro
- Pins
- Scissors
- Thread
- Sewing machine
- A customised pattern from HERE
Method
Note - cut out the body pieces on the fold, along back edge.
2 body, 4 strap, 4 hood pieces out of the vinyl.
1 body, 2 strap, and 2 hood pieces out of the feather fabric.
1 body, 2 strap, and 2 hood pieces out of the bird fabric.
Getting some help from the cat there. Thanks Figwit.
I did this because the vinyl is very slippy slidy and likes to move about a lot, the tacks help keep it in place.
I sewed a few hand tacks to keep the straps in place.
Note- the placement of the straps should be marked on your pattern.
I placed the good side of the two feather pieces together and the good side of the bird pieces together and pinned down. Try to be as stingy as you can with the pins because you don't want to leave too many pinholes in the vinyl.
I sewed down the back of each hood.
You basically want vinyl side to vinyl side.
Om nom nom
I pinned the hood to the body .(matching the bird side of the hood to the bird side of the body)
I lined up the centre seam of the hood to the centre line of the body.
Once happy with the placement I hand tacked the hood into place.