Butter's wardrobe

Initially, I was indifferent to the idea of dressing Butters. I thought the only thing he needed was a big poofy pink bow because it would be a great joke on people since they already think of him as a girl.

As winter set in, I found him shivering when we are outside despite his fluffy coat. And thus his wardrobe.

It is just the cutest thing.

His collection:

a sweater, a coat, and a raincoat.

And now starring Butters in his first piece, the coat:

I made it myself. The main material is a piece of 1 ft x whatever width it is at JoAnn's reversible quilting material that was on sale for $8.99/yd. A package of green bias tape to close the edge. 2 ft of green ribbon. Velcro. And pattern cloth. I had to work it out by trial and error since I had a bit of trouble visualizing the 2-D shape of the coat. Will post pattern with adjustable measurements if I can figure out how. I have also yet to figure out how to make the coat reversible.

2nd piece: an indoor crocheted sweater. Indoor because Butters is so close to the ground his belly often gets dirty when he plays and walks around outside.

 

Crochet: chain enough links to easily slip over head. Note to self in the future, the top needs to the shortened while the bottom needs to be lengthened. Example: use single crochet on top while using double crochet on bottom. The chest area will need to be tightened as well about 4-6 chains.

And last but not least, his raincoat that I bought at Petco for $10. I was going to make one for him, and I think I still will, but this is a good starting point. I figured the cost of materials alone will be about or exceed $10.

 

Finally, just because he's an awesomely cute little dog that I love:

*sigh* He's so adorable.

The only thing that I will never make him wear are shoes. I don't think we've bred them to the point where they are so different from wolves that they need our help in walking attire. So no shoes for him.