Dog Collar Tutorial

My daughter has two large dogs that

needed dog collars. She had a hard
time bringing herself to pay alot of
money for not just one, but two.
 So she asked me if I could make her some.
So this is how I made them...

Supplies needed:

Scissors

Ribbon of your choice

Webbing

Fray Check

Fashion Buckle

D-Ring

Medal Hole punch

1. Use the Webbing to measure around your dog's neck,

making sure you only leave about 1/2 in to an inch.

(Use your own judgement on how much
neck room your dog will need.)

Measure and then cut the length you need.

2. You will need to measure and cut your ribbon.
Your ribbon will measure the same as the
webbing, plus adding 2 extra inches.

(You will be folding one extra inch of ribbon on

the back side of your webbing for each end.)

3. Starting at one end, take the extra inch of ribbon
 and pin it to the back of the webbing
while lining up the ribbon that will

  be running down the front of your webbing.

Sew the ribbon in place and do the same when you

come to the other end of the webbing.

This is what that back of the webbing should look like

 on each end, after you have sewn the ribbon. 

Once you sew the ribbon in place, use the Fray Check

on the ends of the webbing.

4. Take one end of the collar and run the D-ring in first

and then add the buckle, making sure that when you

take the other end of the webbing that it will go through

 the buckle and then the D-ring the correct way.

(Like buckling a belt on your pants)

Now that you have it the correct way, undo it.

Now, with the D-ring and buckle still in place,

fold down the webbing and sew into place.

This is how it should look.

D-ring is under the buckle

and the buckle is upside down.

This is what it looks like when you turn the

collar over with the ribbon facing you.

5. Now, with your metal punch hole,

you will need to punch holes on the other end

of the the dog collar.

Measure your dog's neck again and mark

with a pen where the holes need to be punched.

I set the hole punch onto the pen mark

and hit it once with a hammer and

it worked. Make sure you do this

outside or at least on a hard surface.

I punch 2 holes to start with and then will

 punch more if needed as the dog gets bigger.

There you have it, ENJOY

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