Those Who Can't Do, Teach....

Who's that hooker at my sewing table?! Miss Dana (pronounced Dah-Na, as in "uh, dah na na naaaaa!") came over last night and made her very first apron. She was a natural! I've never seen someone take to a sewing machine so quickly! I only helped a little with the lace detail and pockets; everything else was Miss D'na. Someone's found their niche....

Lacework can be quite the bitch...


D'na hard at work!


The finished apron, a gift for her sister.


Pocket detail with lace. I'm totally doing this on my next apron, by the way.


Top lace detail and shoulder strap. Sigh, how fucking adorable!

So proud of my D'na! Next time, I'll need two sewing machines, though. I'm too impatient! Also, I need a dress form badly. Scoobie says hi! See you at the next post!

Dog On Lap On Etsy!

Like what you see here on Dog on Lap? Now you can have your very own Cara Raskin Original Apron in your kitchen!

Dog On Lap Concepts is officially up and ready for business! Click here to view our Etsy Page!

There are only two aprons for sale currently, but hopefully soon I'll get some great shots of my work put it up for the world to buy!

Apron Fever

I am an apron-making MACHINE. In the past few days, I've made three or four aprons and today Emma and I are off to the fabric store for more more more more fabric. Stay tuned for new, fabulous aprons!

Here is Scoobie enjoying the perks of being a pup.

If God is a DJ, Then I'm Dating God...

*swoon*

That's my girlfriend. Isn't she delicious? She's a DJ and she was just featured on On a Friday. Check it out here. There's also a link to download her mixtape. You should download it because its really good.

Also, on an AWESOME note, girlfriend and I both recently got jobs. PAYING jobs. Mozel tov to us!

THE GREATEST THING EVER*

My friend Ryan showed me this and it is GLORIOUS. Enjoy!



*I say this about a lot of things.

Daily Dose of Dog

Emma Panda snapped some fantastical shots of me playing with my pupperchino this morning. Scoobie's very protective of her mallard.

This is fairly normal for us.

My favorite is when she lets me drag her around the room by the MALLARD!

How obvious is it that I'm avoiding homework? I have SENIORITIS. Also, two weeks ago, my professor printed out Pablo Neruda's wikipedia page, handed it out in class, and proceeded to use it as material for his lecture. What's my tuition for, again?

Sigh, maybe I'll make another apron...

A Hump Day Apron

Yesterday marked the first time in my apron-making career that I actually followed a pattern. I think it came out pretty good!

Emma offered to model topless. I told her this wasn't that kind of blog.


Gathered detail at waist.


Pocket! Perfect for cell phones...

The only thing I don't like about this one is that it's not lined. I'm not good at hemming so lining all my aprons is how I avoid such a daunting task. And this pattern called for a lot of hemming... Lined work is also so much nicer and it looks much more polished. I really think my gathering came out lovely at the waist, though! This patter used a different technique than I normally do and it's much easier and looks perfect.

Hope you enjoyed! I'm off to watch Pete & Pete!