[nagdu] over-the-harness coat

[Julie J]

Actually, I purchased Monty's coat from a lady who does custom made coats.  I think her business was called Cozy Horse.  I'm not at the computer, so I can't look up the exact address.  She mostly does horse coats, but there is a decent selection of dog coats.  she was easy to work with and the coat is exactly what I had wanted.  

I am sewing a coat for Jetta right now though.  I looked at fabric and got really overwhelmed with the project.  I was going to use a fake leather, actually plastic, for the outer shell and fleece for the lining.  then I worried it wouldn't be warm enough, so I was going to add in quilt batting for extra warmth.  It was at about that point that I realized that the project was beyond my sewing skills.

A friend of mine who runs a dog boarding place had a coat that someone gave to her and no one was using it.  So I got a basic windbreaker type of coat for free.  It isn't nearly heavy enough.  My son had a lining from a coat of his that he wasn't using and was never going to use.  It's sorta like fake fur and rather cheesy, but warm.  So I am using that to sew into Jetta's coat to make it warmer.  I worked on it yesterday and I think it's going to work.  Of course hers doesn't need the cut out for the handle, so that makes it much easier.

Short haired dogs are easy to brush and keep clean, but the winter does present some challenges!

Julie
 

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> On Dec 9, 2013, at 7:04 AM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:
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> Hmmm, thanks.  Sounds like an interesting project, making a coat.  How much fabric do you think would be needed for the average labrador?  Did you use fleece, or that sort of quilted, shiny coat fabric?
> Tracy
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie J" <julielj at neb.rr.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 7:59 AM
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>> Yes, the over the harness coat I have has a cut out for the handle to pass through.  There is a flap that covers most of the cut out and it velcros shut.  Although if I had it to do over I wouldn't have picked velcro.  It sticks to everything...your coat, your sweater, your hair, other parts of the dog coat...and it picks up lint like crazy.
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>> Julie
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>> Sent from my iPad
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>>> On Dec 9, 2013, at 6:39 AM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:
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>>> How is a coat that goes over the harness constructed?  Is there a cut-out flap for the handle and harness ears to pass through that is then velcroed shut, or something?
>>> Tracy
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