A belated Christmas gift

This was supposed to be a Christmas gift and I suppose it still is. Although, we did have other gifts for my brother, Ben. So I did not feel too bad about not finishing it. Actually that may be why it did not get finished. Truly it is a gift for Soco, his cat. I hope that it is an okay size for her and that she likes it.

I used the Kitty Tunnel pattern from Amy Butler's In Stitches. I made a few minor changes mainly in the dimensions. I did not have enough fabric so I just worked with what I had. The finished size is 32" around by 30" long, the Amy Butler pattern dimensions before sewing any of it is 37"x37". I added a pocket to the inside to put some cat nip in just for extra fun. Also, I just used some brown 3/8 of inch ribbon for the drawstring. It saved a lot of time and finger burns not making my own.
As a side note Mr. C has been sleeping for a little over 2 hours, I have gone in several times to make sure he is still breathing. This is a long, long nap for him. He must be getting ready to grow.

Introducing Ms. Roxy

We have had a lot of changes this year, it seems like too many for it to still be January. We lost our beloved dog Kona. She was hit by a car a few weeks ago. One never realizes how much they truly love and adore an animal until she is gone. We are still very saddened by our loss and I still do not drive in the intersection where it happened.
After losing Kona we unexpectedly came across a puppy that my husband could not resist. It seemed way to soon to have a new dog but we weren't sure if we would find another one, especially one from the Humane Society. We still think about our dear Kona everyday and miss her terrible. Especially when we think about how much fun she would have had with the new puppy.

Her name is Roxy, she is 2 1/2 months old, and she is an American Pit Bull. She is all white except for the spot around her eye and her eyes are blue.
And of course she is super cute. Roxy has taken right to our family as we have to her. She is a very energetic puppy who needs to go for daily walks which has lead me to make this....
Normally I would not make clothing for a dog. But she just shivers when you go for walks outside. Even my husband commented on her being cold. So I went to Joanns and found a pattern, not my favorite (of course that was sold out), Butterick B5157 option C. I left out the back buttons and the bow, that just seemed a bit much.
And I added some extra Velcro that way the coat would fit her now and it will also grow with her as she does. I still need to figure out a way to make the extra belt/front piece lay flat when it is on the smallest size. She likes to chew on it. I also added some quilt batting to the main body piece. The two fabrics I used didn't seem to have enough weight to them to really keep her warm. I mean if I am going to make a coat for a dog it's going to be a coat :o)
The above picture is of the lining. I sewed around the brown flowers to attach the linning to the quilt batting. It didn't turn out as cute as I pictured it in my head but I still like it. I wish I had stuck with my gut feeling about the linning showing on the collar, it seems a bit 70's. I am not sure how to fix it now. Any ideas?

I'm it!

I have been tagged, my dearest friend Christina tagged me in hopes I would blog. Luckily for her and me its a fun one. I had to find my 4th photo file and find the 4th photo in it. Here it is.....
It's baby boy Colin March 29th, 2008.

This was a fun one, thanks for tagging me Christina.