I'm a cat person through and through, until I met Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt whose doggie daddy happens to be one of my good friends Matthew. Franklin is an all black miniature schnauzer who is THE most laid back animal I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. The best part about Frank? When I met him he was wearing this super cool bow tie!



Finished project and the mess up.
I haven't given them to Franklin to model yet, I have been waiting to make him a new black collar to match his new bow tie better. Which takes me to the funny conversation my mother and I got to experience with my dear friend Matthew yesterday. I called him in request of Frank's neck measurements and he says to us, "Sure, I can do that. One question... How do I measure it without breaking his neck or breaking the ruler?" My mother and I laughed and laughed over this and explained to take his current collar off and measure that. His next remark? "Oh yeah, I can do that. One more thing, can I borrow a ruler?" Oh he quite made me laugh yesterday and needless to say I will be purchasing my home-owning friend a measuring tape since everyone should have one.
He has since gotten me the measurements I need and I will be working on that this week. Also I am thinking of starting to sell these, I have had several friends request them for their dogs and they aren't difficult to make. Nice way to use my sewing skills as a side job I'd say. I leave you with a picture of Franklin and my baby girl, furbaby, and love of my life. My 13 year old cat, Salt.
She wasn't thrilled but doesn't hate him either.
Franklin is absolutely lovely. He reminds me a lot of India, my mother's dog. Thank you for posting this!
ReplyDeleteThose bow ties are adorable. I've seen a salt and pepper schnauzer here in Madrid wearing something similar. I should try to make a girly version for India :D
You certainly should! They are super easy to make, just a 10x6 piece of fabric folded down and sewn together then sewed the sides together, cover the middle and added elastic.
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