Fantabular Dog Booties:

Our dog pictured here was adopted in CA and so this winter is her first snow. We discovered that although she enjoys romping in the snow she doesnt enjoy doing her "business" in it. So I set out on a sewing project to make booties for her so that she would be more inclined to go outside. I first tried a pattern I found online for some short booties, but after putting them on her I discovered they slipped off too easily. Then I decided to just sew ones in a long rectangular shape, slighty larger at the bottom for her paw. I used a layer of fleece for the interior and a layer of soft sweatshirt material for the outer layer. Before stitching the two layers together I cut a heart shape out of some scrap leather I had and zig zag stitched it onto the bottom of what will be the paw part of the bootie, for added traction. I then used a small ribbon and some iron on velcro and sewed it into the seam of the booties so I could cinch them to her leg. I will post pics of the process and the finished booties. So far they have stayed on her and not fallen or been flung off in the snow. Now no frost bitten paws!