You guys, I know the Groundhog was all “More winter for everybody!”, but I am desperately dreaming of spring.
While some of you are facing record breaking snow, here at Casa de Kolchak, it’s warm and wet. Spring is so close we can almost taste it. It’s left me and the dogs yearning for the sun, days on the deck and the Spring flowers blooming.
I have a pair of boys, but you folks with pretty little girl dogs can capture just a little of that spring magic early this year by making a pretty flower for your dog’s collar.
The beauty of DIY Fabric Flowers is that they can be as easy or as hard as you like. The flowers I made (poor poor) Koly wear for our feature photo took me less than 10 minutes and cost me under a $1 to make. Whether you’re a a novice sewer, an accomplished seamstress or you believe hot glue can rule the world (like me) there’s a fabric flower for you.
And with our help any fabric flower tutorial can be turned into a dog collar flower tutorial.
Kol looks thrilled, right?
There are so many amazing homemade fabric flower tutorials out there, but the only problem is they all seem to be designed for home decor and human babies. Luckily, it’s really easy to make any flower a DIY dog collar flower by adding just a few simple steps. Here’s what you need:
- Felt
- Hot Glue
- For snap buckle collars: 1 snap button
Step one: Measure the width of your dog’s collar.
Step two: Cut a length of felt that is 1′ wide by 3 times the width of your dogs collar (eg. For a 1″ collar, cut a 3″ strip.) Be a little generous with your cutting, especially if you plan to use a snap button.
Step three: Fold your felt length into thirds and glue/button onto your flower.
For a buckle collar (like Kolchak’s shown above), hot glue the loose ends of the felt together, then glue the whole loop onto the bottom of your flower.
For a side release buckle collar (like this one), place a snap button on the loose ends using your button pliers, then glue the loop onto the bottom of your flower.
Place the flower on your dog’s collar and put it on your delighted dog.
Don’t let the cranky snarl fool you. He loves it…I think.
Any of these great fabric flower tutorials would make a SUPER cute DIY Dog Collar Accessory.
A note on safety: We’ve spent a lot of time teaching the Casa deKolchak dogs that when I put something on, it stays on. This is for their own safety and it’s a regular part of their training.I have no worries that they will scratch, chew or try to get rid of collar accessories, but this is not true of all dogs. Always ensure your dog is comfortable wearing something before you leave it on and only use accessories when you can supervise your dog. Make sure you always remember to remove dog collar decorations before you put your dog in their crate or when go to the park, doggy daycare or anywhere other dogs could grab at your dog’s collar accessory. If detached from the collar, buttons can be a choking hazard, so be sure you only use them if you have a dog who doesn’t eat stuff like buttons.
Foley Monster, Pocket and River
8 February, 2015 at 1:20 PMA very beautiful idea We have a few more snow storms before we can think of spring.
Kolchak
9 February, 2015 at 9:34 AMYou poor things. I thought of you guys as I wrote this and felt a little mean…
CindyLu's Muse
8 February, 2015 at 3:11 PMAw, Koly, don’t you look loverly? BOL! I sure hope you got extra treats for this photo session. BTW… I always wear a fashionable flower on my collar, it only adds to my beauty!
Kisses for Koly, CindyLu
Kolchak
9 February, 2015 at 12:36 PMSo. Many. Treats. He was a good sport. And you, darling, are beautiful no matter what you wear!
Christina Berry
8 February, 2015 at 9:16 PMSo many cute ideas here! We will definitely look to try some of them, because Nike is definitely needing a pretty flower for her collar in honor of spring!
Kolchak
9 February, 2015 at 9:33 AMAwwwwww, she’ll be so pretty! I can definitely see here with a bright, fun flower in her hair.
Amy
9 February, 2015 at 9:19 AMI needs to get me a glue gun! These are adorbs, my crafty friend!
Kolchak
9 February, 2015 at 9:34 AMYou don’t own a glue gun?! But…like…how do you even live your life? I would be LOST without mine.
Jana Rade
9 February, 2015 at 10:42 AMCute! I prefer collars as plain as possible, not to interfere with the natural beauty of my dogs, though.
Beth
9 February, 2015 at 10:50 AMKoly looks great in pink! Thanks for all the great sources to learn how to make our own!
Val Silver
9 February, 2015 at 10:53 AMThese are adorable. I think they’d make a good fundraiser too for shelters and rescues.
FiveSibesMom
9 February, 2015 at 12:12 PMThese are so cute!!! Sharing on our FiveSibes Facebook page! Just adorable!
Jessica Shipman | Beagles and Bargains
9 February, 2015 at 12:43 PMDon’t worry Koly. I make Luna wear bowties sometimes. Maybe I should start making some of these flowers instead!
Kolchak
9 February, 2015 at 12:49 PMThe ones I made (link #8) were even easier than a bow tie, I think. It took me like 10? minutes, but then I had to start again because I missed the part that said start rolling from the OUTSIDE of your spiral and not the inside, so I ended up with this weird bunchy flower. LOL
Emma
9 February, 2015 at 1:47 PMThey are real cute, but my sisters and I can’t have fancy stuff like that because it would get ruined either with dirt or being grabbed in chase and wrestle games.
Dogvills
9 February, 2015 at 3:31 PMWhat a beautiful idea and great way to welcome spring
Jen Gabbard
9 February, 2015 at 4:15 PMThose are all so cute, I really want to try making some of these this weekend. I’m not sure how Laika will feel about it but darnit I’ll get her used to it with a bunch of carrots if I have to.
Carol Bryant
9 February, 2015 at 4:44 PMI can do this and how danged cute – we can do this with different patterns and for boys, too. I want spring – says the gal buried in snow. TY for the ray of sunshine.
MyDogLikes
9 February, 2015 at 5:51 PMThese are great Kol! You look so handsome! My mom wishes she could dress me up like that. Whenever she does, people always comment how depressed I look! -Harley
Susan Bewley
9 February, 2015 at 7:59 PMOh my goodness that is adorable! I have to convince my husband that Reya need to be girly. He hates me putting things like this on her but I think she would look adorable with one of these flowers!!!
houndstooth
21 February, 2015 at 8:17 PMYou are the best! I heart you a little more now!
Julie Creus
1 July, 2016 at 7:03 AMThank you for including my Camelia Gigantis pattern in your roundup!
Jill Jacoby
20 April, 2017 at 5:23 PMThese are so cute! Would be a great idea for adoptable shelter or rescue dog pics. They would also be a great project for fundraising.
Lisa
23 January, 2018 at 4:01 AMWhat an awesome DIY method to create dog collar. It is really beautiful. Thanks for sharing.