Holy Night Stocking #16

Thanks for all the lovely comments over the last little while for this stocking - it is a joy to stitch! Very happy with my progress so far. I hope to have this finished in March and that will give me about 2 months to do the other stocking as well before the couple I'm doing them for head over to England to live in June!

Last night when I got home, I snuck up behind Clarence while he was snoozing and got a picture of him on his new dog bed. He doesn't look very comfortable with his front leg stuck out like that, but he must have been as he was sound asleep! I even heard a faint snore!

I hope you've all got exciting things planned for the weekend. We're going to a Diabetes Expo on Saturday and a 90th birthday on Sunday.

Happy Stitching,
Kerrie

Holy Night Stocking #14

Well, I picked up some foam on the way home from work last night and Clarence has been using his new mat down the sideway already! He has his normal bed under cover at the back door, but he likes to sleep during the day down the sideway which is more out in the weather. Hopefully my new dog bed can cope... I'll have to get a photo of him on it before he gets up when I come around the corner.

I did manage to give Joseph a bit of a face last night which I am pleased about.

Happy Stitching,
Kerrie

Dog Bed Cover

Last night after a physio appointment for my shoulder which has been sore for months, I quickly sewed up a waterproof material pillowcase for a piece of foam that we will use as a dog bed. Our dog, Clarence, has worn through the cover on his last bed and it is now just a pile of scrap material threads and disgusting weather-logged foam. I picked up the waterproof material for under $20 and I didn't realise, but I have enough to make 2 dog bed covers. Last night I made up one and I just need to buy a new piece of foam to fill it so he has somewhere comfortable and dry to nap during the day.

It has a small fold-over like in a regular pillowcase so I figure if I place it on the ground the opposite to what I've shown in the photo, the bit of white overlap you can see will be on top and the water will run off the bed and not sneak around to inside the cover... we'll see what happens during the first rain shower. Anyway, it will be a million times better than what Clarence has to put up with at the moment so I'm sure he will enjoy it. Now I just need to get some foam to fill it, hopefully I can find somewhere not to far away to get some on the way home tonight.
Happy Stitching,
Kerrie