I asked friends and family to clean out their closets and bring me their old comforters, blankets, and sheets...got enough to make many dog beds! The comforters are already batted and quilted, so it was just a matter of cutting to size, zig zagging edges to prevent fraying, stacking a few, and making a pillowcase type of enclosure for the outside..very fast, and when the outside is worn, just use a new one! I have also found that if I put a few fabric softener sheets in with the comforters, the smell makes it's way onto the dog!