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Step 3Prepare the Materials
The pattern in only half of the boot, you will need to fold your material and place the pattern along the fold near the "toe" end of the boot ans shown in the first picture.
Carefully cat the pattern out of the material creating a "bow-tie" shape. You will need to do this for each boot that your dog needs. Mine needed 4.
You will need to create a wear pad for the bottom of the boot for both traction and boot life. The wear pad should be about the same size as the dog's foot, It can be larger but this is not necessary.
I used an old roll of electrical tape as a pattern to cut out the circles of suede material, Again I did this 4 times.
Lastly you will need to cut 4 pieces of the Velcro material that is a least 2 times the width if the narrow part of the pattern about 1 inch below the flare at the top. Mine were about 6 inches in length. This is to fasten the boot.
The last picture is the layout before sewing.
Carefully cat the pattern out of the material creating a "bow-tie" shape. You will need to do this for each boot that your dog needs. Mine needed 4.
You will need to create a wear pad for the bottom of the boot for both traction and boot life. The wear pad should be about the same size as the dog's foot, It can be larger but this is not necessary.
I used an old roll of electrical tape as a pattern to cut out the circles of suede material, Again I did this 4 times.
Lastly you will need to cut 4 pieces of the Velcro material that is a least 2 times the width if the narrow part of the pattern about 1 inch below the flare at the top. Mine were about 6 inches in length. This is to fasten the boot.
The last picture is the layout before sewing.
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I have made some -a tad more improvised- from a discarded winter jacket. I can only recommend it very much, it is the right kind of material, it's light-weighted, and I ended up adding a patchment 'lining' to stop holes from those nasty nails. you went the extra mile in planning and it looks good.
Downside of booties: you DO have to wash them often, so make two two-pairs! Dogs DIG their deeds and research everything with their front paws.
I agree completely with the cleaning thing. I have actually had to discard some that would not come clean...