With Christmas around the corner, why not make a cute Christmas collar for your dog? Since this collar is made with an elastic band, you can also make it for a cat, ferret or rabbit. This tutorial will show you how to make a holiday pet collar with ribbons.
Tools and Supplies
The supplies needed for this project are pretty minimal. You will need any kind of fabric ribbon, some elastic (like the kind used on sweat pants), bells, a pair of pinking shears and a flexible measuring tape. You don't really need the pinking shears, but they do scallop the edges of the ribbon to prevent them from fraying after they have been cut.
STEP 1 - Measuring Your Dog
Measure your dogs neck in a spot where you would like the collar to sit.
STEP 2 - Cutting The Elastic and Adding The Bells
Cut about three or four inches more elastic than you need. Now string the bells onto the collar, you can use as many as you want. Take your dogs neck measurement, subtract one inch, measure out the elastic and knot it closed. Trim the excess elastic.
STEP 3 - Cutting The Ribbon
Ten inches should be okay for a medium sized dog.. A smaller dogs collar will probably be fine with five inches. Cut the ribbon you have and place it into piles if you have different colours of ribbon.
STEP 4 - Knotting The Ribbon Onto The Collar
Secure the ribbon onto the collar with a very simple knot. Keep adding ribbons to the collar, using the colours randomly. Occasionally check the spacing of the ribbons and move them around if some spots on the collar are too sparsely decorated.
Karen Friesecke is the author of Bloggie Stylish a new blog dedicated to recipes and free projects for dogs. Please visit Christmas Dog Collar to see this tutorial, complete with pictures.
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