Pet Bandana Tutorial

Mommy made PET BANDANAS, with our supervision of course!  Feel free to give it a try if you want.  (Mommy is new to sewing, and she thinks this was a good beginner project to learn.)


Pattern Instructions

Benji is showing the finished Pattern we made out of paper. 

This is how we made the pattern.  You take a piece of regular piece of paper we used an ORANGE colored paper in this example. The top part of the bandana is 8 &1/2 inches wide, the part where the collar will be inserted in is 2 & 1/2 inches long, the entire length of the triangle is 8 inches long, and the little peak of the triangle is a little over a 1/2 inch wide. 

Time to cut out the paper pattern.

You put a second piece of paper (we used a Green piece of paper in this example) under the Orange piece of paper, and you cut out both pieces of paper at the same time.  Then you tape the two pieces of paper together.  (The finished pattern looks almost like a diamond shape.)


Sewing Instructions


Here are the instructions on how to make a Pet Bandana.  It's pretty simple, only 5 steps.  Don't worry, we will walk you thru each of the 5 steps -- so GRAB your leash, and lets go on a WALK.



Step 1. CUT out the paper pattern on the material. 

 

Step 2.  Make a little HEM on the side parts where the collar is going to be inserted.  In the paper pattern above, this is the 5 inch side of the material  (Orange side is 2 &1/2 plus the Green side is 2 & 1/2 = 5 inches Total.)

Step 3.  After you sewed the hem on both sides where the collar is gonna go, FOLD the material in half so the correct sides of the material are together.  Then SEW the 2 sides together to form the peak of the triangle. (This picture was taken when we folded the material just before sewing the peaks of the triangle.)

This is just another picture of step 3.  You can see the sew lines to form the peak of the triangle.  (Note: Mommy sewed a HUGE hem in this picture, this particular bandana was meant for a smaller dog, so that's why the hem is so big.) 

Step 4 - You are gonna TURN the material the right way now.  You hold open the little opening where the collar goes, and you reach in, and pull the tip of the triangle out thru that opening.

This is just another picture of Mommy pulling the material the right way thru the opening. 

Step 5 - Optional - Mommy sewed a line across as a finishing touch on the bandana on the right.

Ta-da!   All you do is insert your pet's collar in the opening and put the collar on your furry friend.


 

Lassie

Benji

We hope you enjoyed this Pet Bandana Tutorial. 

Note: If we wanted the size of the bandana to be smaller for a smaller dog -- we just increased the size of the hem.  That way Mommy didn't have to stress out over measuring and cutting out a different pattern. 


Lassie and Benji

P.S. The bandanas were the reason behind the "lumpy" envelopes we mentioned on our blog the other day.   As you can see, Mommy's sewing skills aren't perfect -- but she made the bandanas with love!