Doggy bathrobe!

What to do with an old bathrobe? Turn it into a doggy bathrobe of course, for your little princess! And here she is, Isla, modelling it! It's even got a hood!  (The pattern we used is from Simplicity Crafts 9520 for large dogs.)

The whole bathrobe is edged with our very own homemade bias binding. We used a rotary cutter to cut 5cm wide, long strips. We then folded the long edges in by about 1cm each and ironed them in position. It was the first time literally, that either of us had used a rotary cutter and we were totally shocked at how razor sharp they are! We were very impressed with it and can see that already, it will save us heaps of time - that's if we don't end up spending hours in A&E! We'd certainly make bias binding again. The idea that you can make it out of any co-ordinating fabric you want, is exciting! Though we will have to research techniques for sewing it on properly, as with the bathrobe, one side looks a little neater than the other.