Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Tuesday Tutorial: Wet Dog Hood to Black Bear Hood, Replacing a Fur Hood


Here's a simple tutorial on how I went from wet dog hood to furry black bear hood. I am just kidding, this is all fake fur, no animals were killed in the making of this tutorial!  



I sported this wet dog hood all of last year, since my hubby put it in the dryer after a wash. It used to be nice and fluffy but after the dryer washing, not so much. It wasn't a big deal last year because I was wearing hats, but this year, I have been employing my hood for warmth to avoid hat hair and well, it was quite embarrassing.  


I sewed the edge of the hood on my sewing machine before cutting it off. That way, the stuffing would be somewhat contained. 

Wet dog fur off! 

I then cut the excess stuffing so it wouldn't get in the way of sewing. 

This is how it looked at this point. 

I found this cute little fake fur scarf in the 99 cents store. 

I measured and cut off the excess

Much better!

I then sewed the edge of the "black bear" scarf to the edge of the hood. Sorry for the cluttered photo. I was also listening to my iPod and on the computer while I sewed. Yes, I multi-task.

Bye bye, "wet dog" hood! Don't get me wrong, wet dogs are okay, just not on my hood! lol. 


Hello foxy mama! Or should I say black bear mama. I love the way it came out and am no longer embarrassed to wear my hood! 


8 comments:

  1. The new foxy hood looks great. With the winters you are having in the U S A, it is essential.

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  2. It looks great - and so much better than the origional!

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  3. This looks so much better!

    Regarding the comments you left on my blog I'm so glad that women are becoming more confident with age and loving the bodies they have. 100% of sexy is the confidence with which you carry yourself.

    bisous
    Suzanne

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    1. Thank you Suzanne! Totally agree! Hips ain't going anywhere, might as well show them off!

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