Dogs in the Hood

Let’s have another Dogs in the Hood this month.  Some of my friends out there have sent me a few photos of their pooches.

These are Donna’s dogs.  Yeah, count them, there are six!

Dogs in the Hood
Trinity, Reese’s, Demon, Remy, Roxie, and Boomer.

So one day they decided to build a shed.  They gathered their tools and spread all the shed parts out before they realized that they didn’t have thumbs! Silly dogs!

Dogs in the Hood
Boomer
Dogs in the Hood
Remy
Dogs in the Hood
Boomer and Roxie
Dogs in the Hood
Remy and Roxie

This is a rare photograph of the elusive Max that Vera sent.  Max runs when he sees a camera or phone pointed in his direction!  Possibly an undercover spy.

Dogs in the Hood

Dogs in the Hood
http://society6.com/artist/artbykeys

I actually got Ruby and Toby to hold still for me this weekend!

Dogs in the Hood
Toby looking for a boat ride.

 

Dogs in the Hood
Ruby looking for a fight with Maggie!

And if that isn’t enough dogs for you, check out this link.

http://designtaxi.com/news/357017/Photographer-Captures-Beautiful-Portraits-Of-Her-Pet-Dogs/

 

 

Log Cabin Pillow Cover

I pinned this from Marthastewart.com months and months ago:

Log Cabin Pillow Case

And I had it repined 404 times. My most popular repin as Pinterest likes to tell me in those emails it sends me so I feel special.

I’ve been saving old denim jeans and bits and pieces of denim for years.  And I had a big project that I did recently involving denim.  So I had lots of small slices of denim.  Also have a pillow form just waiting to be used.

So here’s what I made:

Log Cabin Pillow

I’m not a quilter but this is really easy.

I went out to Martha Stewart Living for guidance, you can click here for instructions.  After reading them, I decided I could do it easier.

My pillow form was 24” square.  Since I wanted the pillowcase to be a little tight, I made the case 23” square with a 2” flange.

I decided to make  4” logs.  So my first piece was a 4 ½” square. 

I used ¼” seam allowances. 

Cut

2          4 ½” x 4 ½”

2          8 ½ ” x 4 ½”

2          12 ½”  x 4 ½”

2          16 ½”  x 4 ½”

1          20 ½”  x 4 ½”

I finished it with a 3 1/2” border

2           20 ½’  x 4”

2           27 ½’  x 4”

Then just pieced it together.

Log Cabin Pillow

I quilted it “in the ditch” on to a piece of fleece.

Log Cabin Pillow Case

Then used denim for the back.

         28″ x 17” pieces of fabric

Made a slipcover style pillowcase following my instructions here.

Sew 2” from all sides to create the flange.

Insert pillow.

Log Cabin Pillow
This pillow is really big! I plan to make another that’s a bit smaller.