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Super easy ~ wonderful cat or dog bed tutorial
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This link is how you can make a wonderful fur baby bed. I've made several and it can be done in less than hour. I'll post pictures of my version with our two kitties, Kip-Purr the yellow Tom and Girlie Girl the princess of the house.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]316347[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]316348[/ATTACH] What I have learned in making several is that when you think you have enough fiber fill, add more and then when you think you've added more, add a little more. They love 'nesting' and pad pawing to make it 'just right'. When it looks like a balloon it's just about right :0) I've washed these several times and they wash/dry beautifully. Oh my do they love it right out of the dryer! So here's the link hope your fur babies love this super simple/easy bed. http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=236744.0 |
Very cute!! Did you make them out of fleece? What adorable kitties too.
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Your cats look so comfortable! I want one and I don't even own a cat. Thanks for sharing the idea and tutorial because I do know someone who would love one for their cat. A great Christmas idea!
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Hi QuiltnLady,Yes I used fleece as the fringe is just tied/knotted, plus it's easy care. Thanks for the compliments on Kip-Purr and Girlie Girl...I hope you try making the beds, several family members and friends all say their kitties love them.
We have a long haired Dachshund mix who though he's far too big, try as he might he cannot fit into them...to funny! I guess I should make Rusty one but he's always hot and I think he'd tire of it quickly! LOL We did when we were back to Denver at Christmas make a bed for our son's Lab all 90#'s of him and then our son's friend's wanted one for their Lab and so on and so on... :0).[ATTACH=CONFIG]316362[/ATTACH] |
Thats the best Pet bed EVER!!!!
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Your cats look so comfy. Great looking kitty beds.
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Thanks for posting, the beds are so cute. I think I will try one for my kitty, but it will have to be pretty big. I weighed her the other day and she's a little over 16 lbs. May have to put her on a diet. Now, where did I put that fleece I bought a year or so ago.
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Yep. I love this . Gonna make one for my cat, George. Thanks a bunch.
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That's wonderful and looks so easy! Great tute! Thank you! Just the thing for my sister's cat!
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ha! I love the group picture ;-)
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How adorable ... Thanks for sharing the link !
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That is the perfect item to make for fundraisers/craft fairs! I can't wait to make one for my dog. Thanks for sharing this with us!
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Oh that looks so cosy! I'm sure my lady of the house would love to have one too :D
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super cute, thanks for sharing
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great pet bed, but think my pom, Rusty, would be to hot. Nice job. Barb
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Love your kitties and it looks like they LOVE these beds! Thank you for posting.
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That is so cute and just too easy not to make. My cat will love it, I hope, so she will get out of my chair. I may try one for our dog, but I will have to work on making it bigger. Thanks for sharing.
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thank you for letting us know about this i am going to try to make one for my dog!! she is a 78 pound rot!!
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Very Cute! Now tell me how to make them for a Great Dane and a Rottweiler!
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Love the bed. Will be making a few of those. To keep and to give as gifts. Thanks so much for sharing this project. It's really great. Your Boston is so cute. I have a Boston Terrier to.
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Originally Posted by galvestonangel
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That is so cute and just too easy not to make. My cat will love it, I hope, so she will get out of my chair. I may try one for our dog, but I will have to work on making it bigger. Thanks for sharing.
To make the bed bigger and I have, for our Grand Puppies....90# Labs you just don't fold the fleece and cut the semi-circle....you buy the yardage and layer the fleece. It really isn't an exact science once you make them, its very forgiving it doesn't even have to be a perfect circle. Once you snip the edges and tie ~ it all comes 'together' no matter the shape. I would think you could even make it square. The snipped edges roll the edges inward once you start tying it. So this technique can be used for any size dog. |
Originally Posted by DebraK
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ha! I love the group picture ;-)
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Your yellow kitty made me laugh out loud this morning. He looks so proud of himself. Thanks for the link, I have 3 dogs and a step cat so I am going to try to make the beds for everybody.
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Originally Posted by grann of 6
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Very Cute! Now tell me how to make them for a Great Dane and a Rottweiler!
I've made one for our friend who has a Rottie ~ her girl is really a stout big cattle ranch working dog. Just by the yardage, I think, if I remember I bought the widest fleece available 56" ~ layered two pieces ~ cut the circle with a quilt tape ruler the long tape I think it's 108". You can even join pieces easily as fleece is so forgiving. It's going to take a lot of poly fill to fill that big of bed. My girlfriend bought a 5# box of poly fill and we used nearly all of it, if I remember correctly. My friends Rottie is a cattle dog and I made a fleece coat for her Rottie and lined (stuffed between the layers) with the left over poly fiber fill. Because her dog goes out in sub-zero weather with my friend when it's calving time, she'd get so cold...now she won't even get out of the truck until my friend puts her coat on her. :0) |
Originally Posted by echoemb
(Post 5024167)
Your yellow kitty made me laugh out loud this morning. He looks so proud of himself. Thanks for the link, I have 3 dogs and a step cat so I am going to try to make the beds for everybody.
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Love the pics of your cat beds...looks like they are enjoying their beds.
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FANTASTIC!!! Thanks so much. My kitties will love this.
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Love the pics...but where do the big people get to sit?..looks like the best spots ate taken!!
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Ah, the look of contented kitties! I reviewed the tut and by Jove, I've got it! My Scout kitty will be having a new bed soon.
Girlie Girl certainly has the look of the royals! She must be be a relative of my Scout. Same markings and always looks ready to wear her tiara. I shall put on my servant's garb and return to the sewing room to wait up the princess by creating a snugly little bed. |
Oh so comfy looking! I wonder if my cats would use a bed?
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Do you wash them with the fiber fill still inside?
Originally Posted by onaemtnest
(Post 5019274)
This link is how you can make a wonderful fur baby bed. I've made several and it can be done in less than hour. I'll post pictures of my version with our two kitties, Kip-Purr the yellow Tom and Girlie Girl the princess of the house.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]316347[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]316348[/ATTACH] What I have learned in making several is that when you think you have enough fiber fill, add more and then when you think you've added more, add a little more. They love 'nesting' and pad pawing to make it 'just right'. When it looks like a balloon it's just about right :0) I've washed these several times and they wash/dry beautifully. Oh my do they love it right out of the dryer! So here's the link hope your fur babies love this super simple/easy bed. http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=236744.0 |
Originally Posted by onaemtnest
(Post 5019274)
This link is how you can make a wonderful fur baby bed. I've made several and it can be done in less than hour. I'll post pictures of my version with our two kitties, Kip-Purr the yellow Tom and Girlie Girl the princess of the house.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]316347[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]316348[/ATTACH] What I have learned in making several is that when you think you have enough fiber fill, add more and then when you think you've added more, add a little more. They love 'nesting' and pad pawing to make it 'just right'. When it looks like a balloon it's just about right :0) I've washed these several times and they wash/dry beautifully. Oh my do they love it right out of the dryer! So here's the link hope your fur babies love this super simple/easy bed. http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=236744.0 |
Originally Posted by onaemtnest
(Post 5024171)
You can do it! :0)
I've made one for our friend who has a Rottie ~ her girl is really a stout big cattle ranch working dog. Just by the yardage, I think, if I remember I bought the widest fleece available 56" ~ layered two pieces ~ cut the circle with a quilt tape ruler the long tape I think it's 108". You can even join pieces easily as fleece is so forgiving. It's going to take a lot of poly fill to fill that big of bed. My girlfriend bought a 5# box of poly fill and we used nearly all of it, if I remember correctly. My friends Rottie is a cattle dog and I made a fleece coat for her Rottie and lined (stuffed between the layers) with the left over poly fiber fill. Because her dog goes out in sub-zero weather with my friend when it's calving time, she'd get so cold...now she won't even get out of the truck until my friend puts her coat on her. :0) |
Love this, I have some fleece that I was not sure what to do with and now I know what to do. Thanks for posting this.
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Originally Posted by Minnisewta
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Do you wash them with the fiber fill still inside?
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Originally Posted by grann of 6
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Thanks for the info. My great dane loves to fluff things up, so she would love one. The rottie is a mix, he only weighs 95#, but he just had knee surgery again and has to have a firm bed. But I will have to try to make one for the dane. She currently sleeps either on the sofa or on her 35"X50" mattress. I think if I got 60" in length of each piece, it might be big enough for her. Sure is worth a try.
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Originally Posted by WMUTeach
(Post 5024286)
Ah, the look of contented kitties! I reviewed the tut and by Jove, I've got it! My Scout kitty will be having a new bed soon.
Girlie Girl certainly has the look of the royals! She must be be a relative of my Scout. Same markings and always looks ready to wear her tiara. I shall put on my servant's garb and return to the sewing room to wait up the princess by creating a snugly little bed. Yes, Girlie Girl is truly a princess, I call her Pretty Girl Princess. She adopted us 2 years ago this Father's Day. We believe someone dumped her as she was wandering the neighborhood for several weeks, letting the little ones carry her around any which way and she never tried to scratch to get away. She was starving and I fed her and gave her water. DH said she could live in the garage as we already had Kip-Purr and my DH is a one cat ~ man. But she proved to be so sweet tempered I started letting her into the laundry room, then kitchen, then she was IN :0) Took her to the Vet to be spade and when they shaved her tummy there was already a scar, she'd been spade. The Vet said in this economy people are leaving pets behind....she'd been loved by someone that's for certain. She was scanned and there was no micro-chip so she was ours now... :0) Oh she only weighs about 7# whereas Kip-Purr is a hefty 17# but she rules the roost...he gives her wide birth if she wakes up on the wrong side of the puffy cat bed :0) |
Originally Posted by Crqltr
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Love the pics...but where do the big people get to sit?..looks like the best spots ate taken!!
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Thanks so much for sharing. I have been trying to decide on beds for the cats. They love to be near. This will work out wonderfully. Thanks so much!!!
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Crqltr
I love the pattern, I bet my boxer (Dozer) would to love a bed like that! I think that I will make this for him as his camping bed! TreeFrog |
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