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Posted by off kilter quilter @somewhereq on April 7, 2008, 7:13 pm
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> > Just checking in with the group. I can't remember when I last posted,
> > but I'm here for a brief bit.
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> > The family went through 12 weeks of various illnesses, but I think
> > that we are finally out of all of that silliness. However, the chaos
> > didn't start there. On 4/1, my darling pup had a seizure. We took
> > her to the vet and she was put on phenobarb to control the seizures.
> > Well, 2 days later she had another one and didn't come out of it. We
> > had already decided that if there was no chance of her recovering, we
> > wouldn't force her to stay with us in a constant state of misery.
> > Darling girl passed on with me hugging her and telling her how much we
> > loved her. We made it through the night, barely, and DS was having a
> > horrible day at school. DS, DD, and I headed to the shelter and came
> > home with Brady, a 110 pound chocolate lab, 4 years old, cross-eyed,
> > and goofy.
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> > Brady doesn't replace Deanna or make the pain of losing her go away,
> > but he's so dang lovable that he IS helping to ease the ache. He's
> > also getting my creative juices flowing again as he is entirely too
> > large for the cushions that I've made for the cats and Deanna. Brady
> > won't go near the cushion that Deanna used to sleep on, so I will wash
> > it and donate it to the shelter or the animal hospital that all the
> > critters go to. So.....I will try to figure out a decent set of
> > measurements and then go through the stash of fabric that I have to
> > make him his own little....er....large bed.
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> > Anyway, that's what's going on around here, when I'm not trying to
> > redo the sewing room...lol.
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> > Larisa
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> Hi Larisa,
> Sorry to hear about all your troubles. When it rains, it pours, doesn't it.
> Glad that everyone is well agian.
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> I just wanted to tell you about the dog bed I made last summer. The dog
> loved it! I used Beaver Nylon. It was maybe 2x3 feet and 6 inches tall. It
> was a very simple construction: 2 squares 2x3 plus seam allowances and a
> long strip for the sides 6 inches wide (plus seam allowances). I split part
> of that long strip and put a zipper in there. I made a pillow (2x3 ft) out
> of muslin and filled it with those styrofoam balls, then stuffed the pillow
> in the Beaver nylon sack that had a little more structure than the pillow.
> I may not be making sense or you may have seen this type of pillow before.
> I saw one in the store right after I made it for 3x the price it had cost
> me.
> Just my 2 cents.
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> Kirsten
Thanks for the idea! I have made beds for the cats, but they are too
tiny for Brady/Lumpy/Doofus (his name is Brady, but we use the other 2
depending on how goofy he is acting). I will check around to see what
I can find locally and give it a whirl.
Larisa
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