How to Make Dog Shirts From Tom's Shoe Bags

I Love Tom's Shoes.

I have several pairs.

In each pair comes a Tom's Shoe Bag.

I have all these bags and thought, what can make from these.

Dog shirts .. What Else?  LOL!

What you need:

1 Tom's Shoe Bag

Yarn Needle

Crochet Hook : H

about 3-4 oz. Worsted Weight yarn

2  - 1/2 in buttons or larger

This is more of an idea, rather then a pattern.

So here is what I did:

First, I measured down the dog's back for length,

adding a 1/2 inch, and cut the top of the Toms Bag.

I folded it down about a 1/2 inch, ironed it flat

 and did a blanket st across the top.

I then stitched a  row of hdcs across, then another row of hdc.

 For the neckband :

I then chained 12 

( you will want to measure your dog's neck and add as many chs as needed) 

attach ch to the opposite side of the shirt top and join with a sl st.

Stitch 2 rows of hdc around.

Maximo's Shirt- I did a row of picot around neck

Rosie's Shirt - 1 row of shells around neck.

Belly band :

Measure down how far the band needs to be to fit your dog,

and center ten blanket stitches.

St 1 hdc in each st across, ch1, turn

for as many rows as you need it to fit your dogs belly.

To make Button holes:

sc in the 1st st, skip next st, (*2 dc, ch1, 2 dc) in the next st,

skip the next st, repeat (*) skip the next st, 1 sc in the last st, tie off

Rosie's Ruffle :

For Rosie's Ruffle, sew a row of Blanket stitches across the bottom of the bag,

and then st a row of hdc across, turn and ch 3

The next row st 2 dc in each hdc across, turn, ch 3

2 dc in each dc on the next row, turn, ch 3

The next row, 1 dc in each dc, tie off.

I also added a simple 8 petal flower with a button.

I Love Them.

What do you think??