adventures in harness making: chloe

Sometimes I get asked about Baxter's duds by folks interested in one for their doxie, and I am hesitant to say I make them because I am a stickler for fit. In this age of instant gratification, surely nobody would be willing to put up with my futzing. Nobody would get the work involved in creating a well built, fitted harness and nobody would be willing to let me have free reign once the primary fabric is chosen. And realistically, I figure everyone would be willing and able to sew their own, right? Secretly I thought it would be fun to make duds for other doxies, but I had a million reasons why the pursuit wouldn't work.

Enter my new friend Chloe and her mom, brave souls with a super doxie blog, willing to trade a piece of her cool doxie art for a snazzy new harness. With preliminary measurements in hand, I made a prototype and sent it to Chloe's mom for markup and pictures so I could see how the vest fit. Baxter was all the none wiser that such activity was going on, until a few days later when the prototype came back.

Baxter was entranced by what he could tell was Eau de Chloe.



Little did our tiny wolf know at first sniff that his involvement would be even greater. As the only wiener dog available in the house, Baxter was the obvious choice when it came time to see how the finished product fit. Chloe's mom had chosen a sweet retro corduroy, perfect for her little black and tan girl, but hardly a manly print for oversized fit model Baxter. "Do I have to?", his eyes seem to plead. "Duk duk might see me."



Baxter was right. The floral duds totally look better on Chloe.

Our adventure in custom harness making ended with the arrival this past weekend of our own happy package, courtesy of Chloe and her mom. Words aren't enough to say how happy we are to add this to our growing collection of doxie art, but here is Baxter, mugging it up as if to say, "Hey, check this out", and matching the pose from Chloe's mom's artwork.



Oh yea, me love-y de arty. Thanks Chloe & Chloe's mom!!!

Moon Mission

The last of Baxter's three submissions to the Crasher Doxie Contest. One small step for a man, four smaller steps for a dachshund.
Woof!


Feelin suppressed by da man this Monday morning? Express yourself now and VOTE for your favorite crasher doxie photo. It doesn't have to be one of Baxter's, really, because he's already got tons o stuff. But do make your opinion count by clicking here: Crasher Doxie Contest at Who's Your Dachshund .

great moments in history and art

Ever since Lepidoxerology, I've been noodling about starting an occasional series for kalyxcornucopia featuring Baxter plopped into various images, but found a ton of excuses not to mess with it just yet. Should the series have an overarching theme like great moments in history? Maybe do a where's waldo in art? Can my eyeballs and fingers hold out with all that crop work? Nothing really came to mind that motivated me to invest energy in exploring this more. Then comes along the crasher doxie contest over at Who's Your Dachshund. The chance to win who knows what and ignore all the stuff I really should be doing? I'm totally there.

So a gajillion cropping clicks later, I give you the images I just submitted to the contest. The following image is a Norman Rockwell painting. Talk about your crashers. I like how Baxter's the only one at the table paying attention to that fine, fine, superfine turkey.



The next image is an iconic snap from Kennedy's Camelot years. I felt sorta bad blacking out little John John, but I suppose it ain't art without a little suffering, right? Anyway, hopefully this inspires you to suffer just a little, too, and have fun submitting your photo to the crasher doxie contest over at Who's Your Dachshund! Hurry, the deadline is August 30th.

101 dachshunds

Yay, today is Friday AND it's our 101st post! Special thanks to all who have visited and left comments. It's pure blogging fuel.

Warm hugs to one of my sewing friends for including this extra goody of fabric in the package I received last week. Her work is so cheerful! I especially love the dumpling wristlet, so pleasingly plump like a doxie's rump. It'd be perfect for a stylish walk on the town with a doxie.