This quick-sew bandana slips on and off of your pet's collar for easy wearing and washing.
Prep Time35 minutesmins
Total Time35 minutesmins
Keyword: dog bandana, quick sew, slip on dog bandana
Yield: 1medium bandana
Author: Katie Watts
Cost: $5-$10
Equipment
Sewing machine
Pair of scissors
Iron
Straight pins
Materials
1fat quartercotton fabric
sewing threadto match fabric
dog collar
Instructions
Cut a 12 x 12 inch pattern from paper. Lay the pattern onto fabric that is facing right side up (the printed side). Pin pattern to fabric. Using scissors, cut the fabric following the outline of the pattern. Remove pins.
Flip fabric with the wrong side up (the un-printed side).
On opposite corners turn under 2" measuring to the pointed end of corner facing toward the center. Press with a hot iron.
Next, fold the right sides together matching the opposite corners. Pin in place.
Begin sewing a 1/4" seam, starting just below a folded edge, and then back stitch to secure. Continue sewing down the side to 1/4" from the bottom point. Leaving the needle down into the fabric, pivot fabric and sew the other side maintaining the 1/4" seam line; back stitch to secure. Turn the bandana to the right side of the fabric by pulling it through an open end. Press with a hot iron.
Using a water soluble ink marker or chalk marker, draw a line across the top section of the bandana starting at the bottom of the opening and aligning across to the bottom of the opening. This will give you a guide to sew a straight line and it will make a pocket for a dog collar to slip through. Use a damp cloth to remove the mark.
Insert the collar through the opening and adorn your pup!
Notes
If you are using a fabric where the pattern is going in one direction (like Biscuit's hot dog fabric bandana), you will need to cut two pieces. Otherwise, the back side of the bandana pattern will be upside down. in order to do this, fold your paper pattern into a triangle and cut one piece making sure to cut 1/4" larger at the top for seam allowance. Then making sure the pattern is going in the right direction, cut another piece and sew them together across the top. Proceed as directed in previous instructions.