I have been wanting to get my doggies holiday collars for a long time. I have admired all kinds of adorable collars on Etsy, but when I add up the cost for all my doggies to get a new collar with a bow tie or flower embellishment...I just cannot justify the purchase. So this Christmas I decided to give it a try. I made Poinsettia collars for the girls...and a Bow Tie collar for Toby.
Making the collar:
Rather than buy several kinds of fabrics for each dog, I found a Christmas fabric that had many designs combined into one fabric. Now all the dogs will color coordinate with each other.
I cut the fabric 4 times the width of the collar I want to make and twice the length of the finished collar. I folded each strip in half lengthwise and ironed in the crease. Then I folded the sides toward the crease to create the hem. And folding the hems together I sewed down the length of the collar to create the collar band. Then I threaded the ends of the bands through the buckle and sewed them in place to the finished width of each dogs neck. Since these collars were just for a few weeks of indoor use, I didn't bother using adjustable parts and D rings for collars. If I wanted stronger collars for walking the dogs, I would use nylon webbing inside the fabric.
