How many clothes does your yorkie own?

[dollydoodle]

Hangers: I buy the white plastic baby hangers from Target. (White will make your clothes' colors, especially pink, pop.) Then I use a wirecutter to cut the sides & bottom off, reducing the depth & height of the hanger. This is 2 snips to each hanger. When using this method the clothes look nicer because the hanger ends aren't showing & also the rod can be hung closer to the wall, leaving more room in something like a wardrobe or the linen closet which I've made into my doggie closet.

[dollydoodle]

Originally Posted by dollydoodle

Hangers: I buy the white plastic baby hangers from Target. (White will make your clothes' colors, especially pink, pop.) Then I use a wirecutter to cut the sides & bottom off, reducing the depth & height of the hanger. This is 2 snips to each hanger. When using this method the clothes look nicer because the hanger ends aren't showing & also the rod can be hung closer to the wall, leaving more room in something like a wardrobe or the linen closet which I've made into my doggie closet.

I think you'll see what I mean on this photo.

[My lil friend]

I make hangers for the girls clothes out of wood. I cut them out and paint them.

[sportschick]

O.K., so I feel MUCH better about the fact that Beanie has her own closet. I also coordinate her sweaters and jackets with what I have on. The people in work think I am nuts. I take her into work in the a.m. and bring her home for lunch. It is freezing here in New England, so she has to wear a sweater and then a coat over it. She always matches. And I have a ton of harnesses and leashes that MUST match as well!! SO, not only do I go crazy matching myself, I know have to match her harness, leash and clothes to MY clothes. ahahahahahahahaha

No dresses or frilly frou frou things for her either. And absolutely no bows. I keep her pretty short. When a groomer puts a bow in her hair, she goes nuts trying to get it out.

I have found some awesome sweaters and winter jackets in T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, much cheaper than PetSmart or the other big box pet stores. I also bought her a Boston Red Sox leash.

[yorkiesincommon]

Originally Posted by dollydoodle

Hangers: I buy the white plastic baby hangers from Target. (White will make your clothes' colors, especially pink, pop.) Then I use a wirecutter to cut the sides & bottom off, reducing the depth & height of the hanger. This is 2 snips to each hanger. When using this method the clothes look nicer because the hanger ends aren't showing & also the rod can be hung closer to the wall, leaving more room in something like a wardrobe or the linen closet which I've made into my doggie closet.

I will have to check out the snipped hanger idea. I have an old heavy solid maple china cabinet with glass fronts and 2 short rods behind all 3 panels. I have it full of boy & girl clothes and special tutus in the middle along with sweaters and coats. I could use more space but I love the pink & blue hangers. I now have a he & she fitted life jacket for the pool & beach. I keep it in the drawers. The entire cabinet is just to house doggie clothes/stuff for all of my yorkies. It is so much fun to open it up and dress the girls in pretty dresses or in a shirt w/matching panties and dress the boys in their Hawaiian shirts and visor hats and grab the life jackets and boggie board & off to the beach. We only play on the board in shallow water and they have harness & life jackets on and on a leash while on the board riding the shallow waves. I am getting a little too old to take them more than about 1 foot deep but we have the time of our lives! They ride like a hood ornament looking into the wind....

[yorkiesincommon]

Originally Posted by southernbelle04

I voted. KS has somewhere between 30 and 50. Her wardrobe is growing fast too. She definitely is better dressed than her Mommy! LOL. I've even contemplated sending about 20+ outfits to my Mom's in Alabama so she will have a wardrobe there. That way when we visit family I don't have to take so much! Tee hee!

-Katie Scarlett wears clothes almost every single day. Once in a while we let her go nakee.

-She has some accessories to match but not near enough!

-Methods for fabric care....well if I am sewing it myself I always pre wash the fabric before working with it. If it is something I had made or made myself, I usually either wash on the delicate cycle or handwash her things. I may toss them in the dryer for a few minutes but not long. I let them air dry the rest of the way. Then I either iron all of them or hang them up with a few wrinkles. If I was being lazy and didn't iron out of the wash, I iron in the morning before getting dressed. I can't stand wrinkled clothes on me or her. Drives me crazy. LOL. I have had some dresses made for her though out of fine fabrics and have nice trims that I will have dry cleaned when the time comes. They are just special dresses, not ones she wears alot.

-Hmmm....almost daily! LOL. It's a pitiful addiction, but I can't help it!

With 6 little yorkies, I have clothes galore!!!! I wash them on delicate in a few net bags and for the "very fine" ones, I hand wash, roll in towel, let air dry, then use my steamer. It is a one that sits on the floor and has a nice hose and large water reservoir and the steam sprout stands ready at about shoulder height and very quickly I can steam 6 little outfits in about 20 min. Every now & then, something will need the touch up of an iron but very rarely. I never dry clean now and even my soft tutus come out wonderful. The net bags are fantastic. If there is velcro, I lach it and the outfit is in the little net bag so it does not get harmed by other stuff. I even have a designated "doggie hamper" for their dirty clothes. I wait until I have a small load and for me w/6 dogs that is usually only 3 days. I always run the water before adding detergent and let it aggitate a minute before adding clothes and when I add softner, I keep a gallon jug premixed with 2 cups softner and add water to fill the gallon. Then I put in 1 cup of the softner mixture when the rinse cycle has filled with water. I too like to air dry mostly and toss in the dryer on perma press or delicate cycle for just a few min. and then steam...

[Singingtiger]

Cricket's clothes collection is growing....... I'm so frustrated with myself though, I ordered a shirt off of Ebay, and I'm so used to ordered smalls for her that I just thought 'oh that's what she needs" well I got it yesterday and it is HUGE! I've ordered the same shirt for her in an extra small. Oh well. That will teach me. Dog apparel has become a sickness for me! I need to sit down at my mom's sewing machine and take a couple of lessons I guess.......

[Minniesmthr]

My husband thinks I have lost my mind buying all of these clothes for Gracie. Now I know I am not the only one! I love them! I don't know how many we have accumulated so far, probably 30 or more. Yesterday, I bought 11 new outfits at Petsmart that were out-of-season markdowns. On the way home, I stopped at Petco and got a cute summer halter dress.

I would like to try my hand at sewing for her, although I am primarily a quilter in the sewing room. I dress her up nearly every day.

One problem I have noticed in ordering online has been size differences even when different garments are made by the same manufacturer.

Cathie

[My lil friend]

Mina had about 60 summer dresses and now we have Kenzie, so I will be able to start out sharing while I create matching outfits for the girls. We are also getting a tiny in April and I am altering preemie onesies to make baby dresses. If you can piece a quilt then you won't have any problems putting a doggie dress together. I like to alter Carter's baby clothes for the girls. They are really cute,you can get them cheap at Goodwill and Kid to Kid,its faster than creating from scratch and it is a lot less money than doggie clothes from the pet stores even when they are on sale.
If you want to try your hand at this,just remember to keep the girth and length measurements in mind. Mina weighs 7lbs so I can purchase a 3mos dress and have plenty of room to put a new center seam where the tummy goes. This what brings the arm holes in to line them up for doggie legs. I started out making nighties for Mina out of onesies.

[lalaland]

I have boys so only have a few sweaters they wear during the winter months when we go out. But Bows, Never enough of them! They are free spirits & go naked a lot, ha ha