... and it's taking forever just to get the measuring/cutting done. Three strips of nylon, three strips of fleece, three strips of padding, three matching clips from the assortment of leftovers in the dog box and 48 strips of reflective fabric. Time for a little break...








Almost ready to sew. But first I have to heat seal the edges on all of those little reflective strips. Ugh.

looks like your hands might be hurting you! now is the reflective strips on both sides? you should have made 4 so you have a back up one! i mean whats one more...

The reflective stuff is on both sides. One more is not going to happen, it's too much of a reminder that there should be four. These three are only getting used for pre-dawn runs and hikes.

very cool!

Ugh, one down... two to go. I knew this first one would be a pain. Those are .75 inch by 2 inch strips and the machine doesn't like sewing meticulously. It wants to speed through layers of canvas yards at a time. Getting things right has proven to be quite the chore. Ridik says, "mine?"...


Nice padded fleece hand hold turned out the way I had hoped...


Definitely time to walk away from this project for the day.

Looks like a leash.

Good. That's what I was going for. Glad it didn't end up looking like a sprinkler.

Eddy, that looks phenomenal!! If they didn't piss you off so much, I'd ask you to make me two!

Well, it wasn't so much the leash as it was the machine pissing me off. I wanted everything set right to heavy nylon for when I start Jenn's harnesses. So if you truly want some, you'd better get in before I finish those harnesses. After that I'm adjusting the machine for new sled dog rain coats. That should be another fun five days.

(These leashes have a net material cost of $11.50. More would probably be closer to $10.00 now that I'm done wasting expensive thread.)

i WILL get those measurements this weekend!

I will have to talk to John, but thinking about it, he'll probably put the big veto on it. We ARE trying to save money especially in the wake of our recent car purchasing.

Yeah, I used loose change to get that nylon. The fleece and thread were bought at Christmas 50% off sales. The clips were still fine from old leashes and the reflective stuff was left over from a project two years old. Otherwise it wouldn't have happened.

... and done.




That was tough on the hands.

They look great!

Awesome leashes, you should go into the leash making business.