Adorable DIY Dog Harness

Today I wanted to take just a minute to share a fun DIY dog harness pattern I found online.  I'm making it this evening, but I have no idea if it will turn out.  Oh, I got a dog on Saturday.  A DOG!  I love him.  His name is Wilson, and that is why I am sewing a dog harness.  He is a Havanese.  And he is ADORABLE.  Here's a picture of him, just because.  And after the picture, you will find the link to the super cute "Kimono Dog Harness."

Wilson, the super adorable Havanese.

And now, for the harness, head on over to Sew, Mama, Sew!

This is her dog in the harness:

Cute!  

Free Vintage Images

Who doesn't love free art?

Example, found under the WPA Posters collection @ loc.gov/pictures.

Another fun one from the WPA Posters collection.

Thanks to Martha Stewart Living, I now have a new amazing resource for art that I can print off my computer (they mention the website in their "Changeable Art" article in the April issue).  And the website belongs to the Library of Congress!  I never would have thought in a million years to look there.  But indeed- they have a huge online catalog of prints and pictures. You'll find a lot of good quality drawings, cartoons, photos, old baseball cards, etc.  Lots of wonderful, vintage stuff.  Some of them can't be viewed as a large image, but a whole lot of them can.  ENJOY!

Link: Library of Congress Images

If you happen to check it out, let me know what you think.

Homemade Cloth Napkins!

My most recent project is homemade cloth napkins.  It's part of my "green effort" and money-saving effort!  I found a few different tutorials, and tried a few different methods.  The BEST method turned out to be from a lovely tutorial from the nobigdill.com blog.  If you're interested in trying your hand at sewing some cloth napkins, head over here to get the scoop.  It wasn't a quick process, but it was very rewarding!

Cloth Napkin w/ Mitered Corners Tutorial

That's all for today!