Dogs and crafts

I love my two crazy dogs. I call them monkeys because that is what they secretly are. They are both Australian Shepherds and are full of energy. Frieda is the older of the two and is very prim and proper. She crosses her legs and eats daintily. Then every once in a while she goes psycho, barking, bouncing and attacking the other dog.

They love to play, even though it looks rough, they are just having fun.

Chewbacca, or Chewy as we call him, is our other dog. We got him as a puppy a little over a year ago. He is all puppy and all male. He also lives up to his name and loves to chew on anything and everything. Plastic and wood are his two favorites. So, when he got a hold of a piece of PVC we were discarding this is what ensued.

The one thing I didn’t realize is that he is part cat too. I am a bit of a crafty person and love knitting and now I am getting into sewing. That said, I had a plastic bag full of fabric and a couple balls of very nice alpaca yarn sitting on the coffee table last week. I had the dogs in the house and they were asleep in the kitchen so I left them there to go to work on the computer. Five minutes later I go back to the living room and see Chewy doing something under the dining room table. Knowing this could be trouble I go check it out. I was correct. I never knew he had a fondness for yarn. When I came in the dining room he looked up at me from under the table, mouth full of yarn and his paws all wrapped up in it, too. It would have been a great photo but I was so angry I didn’t think about the humor until later.

This is the end result of his mischief. The funny thing is that he had to dig around in the bag to find the yarn; it wasn’t at the top of the bag. He knew what he wanted.

I also wanted to share photos of my fun Sunday sewing project. This is my first purse. I have made some totes but nothing with interfacing, stabilizer, and false bottoms. I am very excited about it. The pattern is from Amy Butler who is amazing. I love her patterns and fabrics. Check her out.

I love the bird fabric I used for the interior. I wanted it for the exterior but I think it works better this way.

Wendi