Great idea adopting that sweet girl and the apron was a winner too.

Question: How would we get by without our #10 foot?

Answer: It can be done but our stitching wouldn't be quite as pretty.

Thanks for sharing.

I was surfing through A Dress a Day's Linktastic Friday #2 and found this amazing apron/top, sent to her by Rita at Cemetarian. I could have made this instead!

There are enough Plotts now that a breed winner competed in the hound group at either Philadelphia or Westminster - or maybe both. Good for you to go the rescue route. I just adopted my first rescue and was more nervous about it than I was with either of the dogs I raised from puppies. Loved the idea of the apron for training treats - can even have more than one.

Question: When is Bernina going to produce a bias binder wide enough that we can use it to bind quilts?

Bless you Jo for rescueing a love animal. I rescued a basset hound who had been severely abused, was so sad, and took a long time but she has been a blessing straight from God, He knew how I needed her after the early death due to cancer of a basset hound and she surely needed me. It has been a gift. Now at 8 she has went blind but she still continues to love and be loved by her mom and dad. Wish all could be as loved as yours and mind. Bless you again. I am the owner of 3 Berninas, and spend much time on them, esp, my 200 updated to a 730. I love my Berninas, and my Basset Penny.

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Really cool...the apron, the dog and your kindness in getting her! Obedience school will work miracles! Lyn

What fun! Thanks for sharing about your Doggie and the apron. Many of us are fortunate enough to have a dog(s) that loves us and Bernina's we love. My Lab Blue and I sit with our Bernina and sew. There is togetherness in the sewing space for Bonnie Jean, Blue and
all our Bernina's!

Hi Linda - A wider bias binder has been on our Wish List for awhile; I know BERNINA International is aware that the quilters in the USA would love to have a binder for quilts. I'm not in the loop to know what's in the works - but if they introduce one, I'll be sure to blog about it - Jo

Doesn't everyone just about have more than one Bernina? I have been sewing on Berninas for 25 years and when I get a new one I never get rid of the old one. I get an embroidery project running on the 200 and then sew something up on the 1230. By the way, my pug Sebastien just finished obedience school and it was great. The apron is so cute, much cuter than the canvas one that our trainer gave us to use.

Hi Pam! You're the only Secret Celebrity Stunt Sewing professional I know! Love your blog - http://pamkittymorning.blogspot.com/ - and the video at www.thequiltshow.com :) Jo

Cute apron Jo! I have a little black pom/spitz mix that my Mom got from a rescue and then we adopted when Mom moved to assisted living. She's a well behaved dog, acts like a puppy despite her 8 years. Since she moved in she's now the queen of the neighborhood! What I need to make is something to keep parrot poop off of DH's clothing as we also have Mom's blue front amazon parrot. Not sure what to do about the holes though.

good for you..love those dogs...I have made a bunch of small dog quilts out of fleece for my two..just put two chunks together and sewed around it it. simple...for dog treats...you could try taking a plain old hot dog, slicing it fairly thin. and sticking it in the microwave or oven for a bit to kind of dry it out...can further slice it to make really small "bits" easy to overfeed in training..I have also used tiny pices of cheese....of course, one of mine even will work for cheerios...tried a bit of this home made liver treats...was a bit gross to make...dogs loved it..well too well..all they would do is try and get at my "treat bag" and were watching my backside where the treat bag was instead of me ...Lin

Great idea. Also will be good to hold those plastic baggies for oopses. I use a "gentle leader" for my dog and he loves it; makes him walk right beside me. Another tip: make sure YOU go out the door first and have him/her follow you. This puts you in the "alpha dog" position, which is what your dog needs.

Love the apron, and I'm sure it won't be long before Plott knows what it means when you put it on! I did a double-take when I saw the fabric and realized I had two yards of it in my stash! It's a Phillip de Leon for Alexander Henry fabric from 1994 named "Bow Wow Chow Mein." What could be a more perfect use for it! Unfortunately, I don't think my cats would be impressed with a dog-themed gardening apron, so I'll make a cat-themed one (my cats love to garden with me). Congrats on your adoption. And, what a wise dog to have won your heart and secured a new home!

I love the doggie apron. What an idea !!!!!!!!!!!! Don't know if any of my responses are making it or not. I am new at this.

Question. Does anyone else have a time learning their Bernina or am I just slow at learning as I get older ( sigh ).
Martha P

Apparently doggie loves the apron, too - she chewed a hole in it! My fault - I left it out after class and there must have been a bit of cheese left in it...I found it on the floor an hour later with a half-dollar-size hole chewed in it. I wish she'd pay that much attention to the treats in class - she's so distracted by the other dogs she isn't interested in anything else! At least she chewed through the back instead of the front; nothing a bit of fabric & Steam-a-Seam2 won't fix! (Plus a bit of reinforcing zigzag stitching to keep the edges from fraying.) Jo

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