the bach sleepout

Before alterations start

Demolition begins

Just back from a long weekend at our bach. Mr B, Sydney and B jnr spent the best part of Friday getting stuck into our new project - renovating part of the garage into a sleepout (which is basically a room conversion into sleeping quarters). We're expecting the builders to start in a fortnights time. I'll keep you all up to date as work progresses.

lest we forget

 

 

 

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THE ODE

They went with songs to the battle, they were young.

Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.

They were staunch to the end, against odds uncounted,

They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

"We will remember them"

k9 camouflage coat

Even though this is a quick and easy coat to sew. I somehow managed to stitch the collar to the tail end of the coat. It wasn't until I'd finished all the top stitching that I realised my mistake. What to do? at 1am in the morning, the last thing I wanted to do was start unpicking. Reasoning with myself that the dog would not care about a less than perfect garment, I cut the collar off and hey presto, a collarless camouflage coat for Fergus.

I know it's a crazy colour combination - somehow camouflage and bright orange go together well. The camo polar fleece is a seconds fabric with an irregular print. I'm sure Fergus will be too busy thinking how smart he looks to notice that the pattern isn't quite right! next up, I'll make another polar fleece coat with the collar in the right place this time and then a waterproof coat after that.

sewing for the dog

5 month old Fergus had his first visit to the groomers about a fortnight ago. He tolerated getting clipped very well. The photo shows him after his visit - looking very tidy and presentable. He looked like a walking woolly rug before. It's getting cooler and a lot wetter now in Auckland, so I think it's time I made him at least a couple of polar fleece coats. I'm using dog coat tutorial by Compulsive Craftiness. I'll post some pics of the little guy in his new coats when I'm done.