Before & After: Winifred the Dog Gets New Digs

Dabney Frake
Dabney Frake
Dabney is a Southern-born, New England-raised, current Midwesterner. Her dog Grim is part terrier, part basset hound, part dust mop.
updated May 4, 2019
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Scruffy dog sitting on a brown leather pouf, looking up.
(Image credit: Red House West)

Meet Winifred! Reader Mera recently adopted her and, to celebrate Winnie’s official “adopted” status, decided that she needed a soft spot to call her own. The leather pouf she was using as a dog bed was nice and all, but maybe a little small? Yes, just maybe.

(Image credit: Red House West)

Mera carved up a custom stamp, printed the arrow block-printed fabric herself, and sewed it up as a nice (large!) bed for little Winnie. I have it on good authority that a certain canine helped with the project:

(Image credit: Red House West)

You can see the whole process of making the fabric, from start to finish, over at Red House West.

Thanks Mera!