Clothing for dogs with their own hands - patterns

When it rains outside or howls a blizzard, people put on their hoods and jackets to raise their collars. Our smaller brothers were much less fortunate in this regard. They, apart from their own protection, have nothing to warm themselves with. But you can help your four-legged favorite with this. And create your own wardrobe for him. Do-it-yourself clothing for dogs whose patterns are tailored to your pet’s parameters will warm you in a cold, hide from the rain, and create a stylish outfit for your four-legged friend. Today it is not a problem to choose and purchase interesting clothes for a dog, especially since many manufacturers produce it. But a cloak or blanket, sewn or knitted with your own hands, will always be more convenient, warmer and more beautiful than the purchased one!

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We make a wardrobe for your pet

If you wondered how to sew clothes for a dog, then you should first decide which one is the most necessary. Experienced dog breeders are advised to create the following set for your pet:

1. Warm clothes should appear in the wardrobe first. During daily walks in the thirty-degree frost, your pet will definitely thank you.
2. Clothing made of waterproof fabric will become indispensable in the rain. By itself, everyone knows that in slushy weather you freeze faster due to high humidity. Our pets experience the same thing.
3. Lightweight summer raincoats can also come in handy. They will protect from prickly plants, tenacious seeds and poisonous insects during a walk.
4. Hats and hats are needed for those dogs that have diseases with ears. They will be useful even on a hot day, like salvation from the sun. We also cover our heads from the sun, so as not to receive heat or sunstroke. This is true for four-legged friends.

Also, solving the dilemma of how to sew clothes for a dog, you should pay attention to individual styles and see what parts of the body they are designed to protect:

1. A blanket for a dog resembles a horse in shape. She will cover her back and shoulders. Mounted on the neck, sometimes under the stomach.
2. The vest protects not only the back and shoulders, but also the chest and belly of your pet.
3. The jumpsuit will hide almost the entire body, leaving only its head uncovered. It can be fastened with a zipper, buttons, fastened with elastic bands or snaps.

Important! Before you make clothes for a dog with your own hands, you should know that models for boys and for girls have differences. In addition to a deeper cut in the abdomen, clothes for dogs should have narrower sleeves and legs, otherwise the clothes will be wet all the time.

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Materials

The issue of choosing materials for the clothes of your pets is no less important than the choice of fabrics and for your loved one. And here it is worth paying attention to the following aspects:

• For hot summer days, cotton, knitted T-shirts, t-shirts are best suited. Thin and natural, without rough seams.
• In spring and autumn, it is better to give preference to waterproof materials - Bologna or raincoat fabric. It is better to sew such wraps and blankets without a lining so that they dry faster.
• For winter clothes, choose faux fur, fleece, draped fabrics. For the lining layer, it is better to take a synthetic winterizer. Also, under outerwear, you can wear sweaters made of wool or cotton.

Important! For short dogs it is better to choose fabrics that are easy to wash and do not get too dirty.For active, moving pets, get clothes made of the most durable materials, otherwise, cuts and hooks will quickly appear on new clothes.

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Hardware

When sewing clothes for a dog, accessories are important. In this case, it plays not only a decorative role, so consider the following points:

• If your dog is very active and mobile, don’t need to sew decorative details to her clothes - rings, buckles, straps. Any of them can cling to branches or stones. It’s good if the matter is limited to a torn piece of fabric, worse if it hurts the health of your pet.
• If you plan to insert a zipper in the jumpsuit, then for large dogs it is better to stop at the detachable version - this will be convenient to fasten.
• Metal will be lightning or plastic - you decide. In any case, this hardware must be durable, because often pets like to lie on the ground, jump hard. All these movements of lightning must adequately withstand.
• Regardless of which zipper is sewn into the product, it must be covered with a strap made of fabric. Then, when fastening, the pet's hair does not fall into the fastener and does not cause discomfort.
• Buttons will be appropriate in those places where they do not interfere with the animal when moving.
• It is better to choose fasteners for your dog’s outfits not in the needlework store, but in the departments with goods for extreme sports. Then they will withstand any strength tests.
• It is better to completely refuse to use Velcro. The hair will constantly fall on the fastener, weaken the fastening functions of the Velcro and cause inconvenience to the dog. The only option this clasp is suitable for is smooth-haired dogs.
• Buttons should not be used. As soon as your pet hits the first cat on the street, they can easily be unfastened and random striptease is provided. Buttons will be relevant only for decorative purposes.

Important! For small decorative dogs it is possible to use any accessories. As a rule, such pets are not allowed to walk, often held in their hands. Therefore, a vest for pocket dogs can be embroidered with sequins or rhinestones. The main thing is that your favorite is not lost behind this gloss.

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How to take measurements?

In sewing clothes for dogs with their own hands, patterns are of great importance, because the jumpsuit or blanket should sit perfectly on the pet, not hinder movements and not rub the skin. Therefore, it is important to take the following measurements from your pet:

1. The length of the back from the withers to the tail.
2. Neck circumference.
3. Chest circumference.
4. Waist circumference.
5. The distance between the legs (length of the abdomen).
6. Chest width.
7. Length of forepaws.
8. The length of the hind legs.
9. Belly length for males.
10. Distance from ear to ear.
11. Head circumference
12. The circumference of the muzzle.

Please note that all measurements are carried out in a standing position:

• So that the parameters are correct, and the pattern follows the contours of the dog’s body, it is necessary to take measurements in the widest places;
• The girth of the neck is equal to the volume of the collar;
• Chest volume is measured directly behind the front paws;
• The length of the back is determined by the distance from the withers to the base of the tail of the dog when standing.

Important! When you create a pattern, do not forget that it is necessary to add 1-2 cm to all values. These will be allowances for seams and free fitting of clothes.

Secrets

For clothes for dogs with their own hands, patterns can be found on the Internet - either in the public domain or on sale. But these are standard models, and each breed has its own biological characteristics, and they must be taken into account. Let's reveal some secrets:

• Yorkshire Terriers have long and fluffy hair. Therefore, it is better to cut the back and trunk slightly wider so that the clothes go more freely. This is necessary so that the wool under the clothes does not roll, does not crush and does not hurt the dog.
• In dachshunds, the trunk is naturally long, and the legs are short. Therefore, it is necessary to make changes to the basic pattern based on the measurements of your dog.In this case, the shortened sleeves of clothing for dachshunds should be free, and not tight, so as not to hamper the legs in motion.
• French bulldogs have a massive muscular neck. So that the clothes do not press and do not interfere with the dog’s breathing, you need to make an increased armhole with lightweight traction elastic or without it at all.

Important! Clothing for large dogs with their own hands is easier to sew than for small ones. After all, in size, it almost resembles a human. The exception is only some of the anatomical features:

 

• For example, do not forget to leave holes for the tail and genitals of the dog. The arrangement of sleeves and trousers on trousers also changes, which, unlike human ones, are directed horizontally and not vertically.
• It must be remembered that clothing for dogs of large breeds should be free, not hampering the movement of active and perky Dalmatians, hounds and huskies.

 

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Sewing blankets

If you decide to sew clothes for dogs with your own hands, for beginners it is better to start with the simplest - with blankets.

You will need:

• measure the length of the back from the neck to the tail (on the pattern - segment AB) and the girth of the neck (segment BAB).
• The “back” part may consist of two parts or be one-piece cut. In the second case, the tissue folds in half and the AB segment lies on the fold line.
• Remember to leave a seam allowance for each part.

When the details of the pattern are transferred to the fabric, follow these instructions:

1. Connect the collar and back along the BAB line. The same points on different parts must match.
2. Sew the collar into the ring, sew the belt to the bottom edge. The T-shaped part of the belt should cover the back of the dog and fix the blanket.
3. At point B, you can sew a buttonhole for the tail. If the belt is cut wider, it will cover most of the abdomen. To the inside, blankets can hem the insulated lining.

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Sewing a vest or jacket

How to make clothes for a dog with your own hands? Quite simply, if you have handy tips at hand. Next, we will tell you how to make a beautiful vest for your pet.

The main measures that we need:

1. Back length from neck to tail
2. Chest girth behind the elbow joint.
3. The back length must be divided by 10, as a result, the side of the square on the scale grid is obtained. Draw a grid and transfer the pattern to it, adding allowances to the seams.

In this vest, the detail of the abdomen will be one-piece, and the back with a fastener along the entire length. If you want to make a lined vest, you will need to cut a second set of parts from a suitable fabric. Next, follow these steps:

1. Connect the lining parts to similar face parts and sweep them.
2. Sew a zipper or draw another zipper.
3. Next, sew the details of the back and abdomen so that the same letters coincide with each other.
4. Handle the gate and armhole.
5. The vest can be supplemented with a collar and small sleeves made of knitted fabric or tied with an elastic band on the knitting needles, then sewn to the product.

Important! By the same principle, the question is how to sew a jacket for a dog. Sleeves are also made of main fabric and lining. The bottom of the sleeves can be supplemented with a knit fabric cuff.

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Tailoring of overalls

Overalls are considered the heaviest item of clothing. Therefore, it is better to first train on a blanket to get minimal skills and knowledge. And only then proceed to the jumpsuit:

1. Redraw the pattern on paper.
2. Now you need to attach it to two types of fabric (lining and main) and to the synthetic winterizer. Cut with seam allowances.
3. Sew the jumpsuit from the main fabric. And for the second half, put the synthetic winterizer details on the lining details, sew the second jumpsuit.
4. Stitch it with the first so that the seams are inside - between the main fabric and the lining, connecting on the sleeves, at the bottom of the pants.
5. Twist on the face through the not yet sewn top of the overalls.
6. Postpone the bottom of the sleeves, pants, insert an elastic band into this drawstring.
7. Cut a visor out of plastic according to the pattern.Insert it between exactly the same parts of the main fabric and the lining, stitch along the edge.
8. Put a visor between two layers of a hood, sew.
9. If you do not want to do it, then stitch the hood around the edge and insert a tie or elastic band here so that it fits snugly enough to the head.
10. Do not forget that the sleeves for the forepaws should be sewn at an angle of 45 degrees with respect to the back line.

Important! You can decorate the finished jumpsuit with decorative details in the form of a belt or do-it-yourself embroidery. For a dog-girl you can make a flower brooch.

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Hand made

If you don’t want to bother with patterns, choose the right fabric and accessories, then clothing for dogs with your own hands from old clothes will suit you one hundred percent. There are several options here, choose whichever you prefer.

T-shirt

It is easiest to sew from a children's t-shirt:

1. From the collar of the T-shirt down, lay back the length of your dog’s back.
2. Please note that the bottom of the back should be cut along a convex line, and the bottom of the abdomen - along a concave line.
3. The widest part of the pattern corresponds to the girth of the chest behind the elbow joint.
4. Carefully process the cuts, sweep the side seams.
5. Try a T-shirt on your dog, if necessary - increase the armhole on the chest side.
6. Sew and sew seams.

Important! Using the same principle, you can create a sweater for your pet from old children's clothing. You only need to make small adjustments and adjust the length of the product.

Sweatshirt

Another quick and easy option for clothes for dogs with their own hands from old clothes. For it, you will need one sleeve from a volume knit sweater:

1. Measure and set aside the length of the back plus 3-6 cm.
2. Designate a place for the sleeves, cut and process holes.
3. From the remnants of the sleeve, cut out two rectangles and sew two “pipes” - these will be the sleeves of the sweater.
4. Sew them to the sweater and sew over the bottom of the sleeves and hem.

Important! Especially successful from the sleeves is clothing for dachshunds.

Sweater

This option is ideal for small dogs whose back length is equal to the length of the old hat. That hat will form the basis of this product:

• We take an unnecessary hat and unzip it from above. You will get something like a pipe.
• Those who know how to knit at least a little can tie a neckline with an elastic band.
• Those who don’t know how to knit can either sew the neckline from the old sweater to the neckline, or simply fold it along the edge and sew it in and skip the braid, ribbon, lace, then tighten the neckline.

Important! When the neck is finished, you need to try on a jacket on the dog and mark the places where the front legs begin. Remove the sweatshirt from the pet and make cuts in the intended places. Slots must be processed either with a hook or with a thread with a needle. Do not tighten the edges of the slots.

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As you have seen, sewing and modeling clothes for a pet does not require a lot of time and can turn into a favorite hobby. By the way, it can bring you not only pleasure, but also additional income, because many pet owners want the best for their four-legged friend. And self-made clothes, in this case, are ideal.