DIY dog bed

I'm usually not a fan of spending tons of money on things that I need but aren't made in an appealing way. Dog beds definitely fall into this category as they are usually some ugly green or blue, or in a masculine print like a plaid. Don't get me wrong about plaids - I like them when they're done well but usually this doesn't apply to affordable dog beds. So since people don't seem to manufacture inexpensive, attractive dog beds, I've made my own. I got this hairbrained idea when I adopted Gracie a few years back and came up with a somewhat-stylish and a bit lopsided round bed with a fun brown and white fabric.

Gracie and the original DIY bed

Of course then, I had to enlist my mom to do the sewing b/c I had no sewing machine and didn't know how to use a sewing machine. But that is not the case today! My dad, being the oh-so-thoughtful man he is, gave me a sewing machine for Christmas and I have been looking forward to using it. I finally used it for the first time this week on a DIY dog bed. Because this was my first attempt at sewing with the machine, I used a set of old brown curtains (Chip insisted on black-out style curtains in our apartment bedroom in a previous life) to make the bed. I had some leftover fabric from Gracie's first bed and added a stripe to make it less blah.

The most recent DIY bed

But now that I'm feeling pretty good about the sewing machine and the bed-making, I'm going to use this fabric to make a cover for the new and original dog beds. Very exciting.