Post by katt on Feb 10, 2013 15:28:16 GMT -5
How to make a No-Sew Bedding set. Sorry for the poor quality pictures, my camera phone is dying on me, and the lighting in my house is terrible at night.
First, lay out your fabric, with the outside of the fabric facing in (you will be turning it inside out). Lay the cage pan or shelf on top of the fabric, and cut the fabric to size with about 2-3 inches excess around the border. (You want to have at least 2 inches as the fabric is more difficult to work with in shorter strips).
Cut the border in strips of about 1/2 - 1 inch in thickness. Try to be as uniform as possible. Thinner strips are easier to work with, especially if you made them on the short side.
You will end up cutting the corner out like this:
Tie the strips into knots.
When you get to the corners, you will want to add some ribbon so that you can tie the bedding down. Remember you will be turning this inside out, so you want the ribbon to be in between the fabric pieces.
WRONG WAY:
RIGHT WAY:
(imagine the ribbon is in-between the fabrics though)
After the knots are tied, the ribbon should stick out in a little loop like this with the ends going into either side of a knot (or two knots).
Tie the Knots all the way around, but leave a small section untied at the end. It is easiest if you leave the untied portion near the corner on the long side of the bedding. (see pics) Then you will turn the whole thing inside out.
Like this:
The fewer knots you leave untied at the end the better.
Tie the knots and stuff them into the inside of the bedding until you get to the last knot.
Using your finger or a pencil, cram the tie ends of the last knot into the spaces between the knots:
Be sure to pull the ribbons so that they are even and double knot them around one or two of the knots so that they are secure.
Then you have a complete mat!
Repeat the process to make more cage mats, shelf covers, and hammocks!
You can see in this picture that for the top level of the FN I still made a square mat. Then if you have to close the levels off you still have a full cover. I fold the corner under the ramp opening and tie it to the bars on the bottom level's ceiling to keep the excess corner out of the way. I am still able to close the ramp this way without too much trouble at all.
Voila! Bedding sets sans sewing!
First, lay out your fabric, with the outside of the fabric facing in (you will be turning it inside out). Lay the cage pan or shelf on top of the fabric, and cut the fabric to size with about 2-3 inches excess around the border. (You want to have at least 2 inches as the fabric is more difficult to work with in shorter strips).
Cut the border in strips of about 1/2 - 1 inch in thickness. Try to be as uniform as possible. Thinner strips are easier to work with, especially if you made them on the short side.
You will end up cutting the corner out like this:
Tie the strips into knots.
When you get to the corners, you will want to add some ribbon so that you can tie the bedding down. Remember you will be turning this inside out, so you want the ribbon to be in between the fabric pieces.
WRONG WAY:
RIGHT WAY:
(imagine the ribbon is in-between the fabrics though)
After the knots are tied, the ribbon should stick out in a little loop like this with the ends going into either side of a knot (or two knots).
Tie the Knots all the way around, but leave a small section untied at the end. It is easiest if you leave the untied portion near the corner on the long side of the bedding. (see pics) Then you will turn the whole thing inside out.
Like this:
The fewer knots you leave untied at the end the better.
Tie the knots and stuff them into the inside of the bedding until you get to the last knot.
Using your finger or a pencil, cram the tie ends of the last knot into the spaces between the knots:
Be sure to pull the ribbons so that they are even and double knot them around one or two of the knots so that they are secure.
Then you have a complete mat!
Repeat the process to make more cage mats, shelf covers, and hammocks!
You can see in this picture that for the top level of the FN I still made a square mat. Then if you have to close the levels off you still have a full cover. I fold the corner under the ramp opening and tie it to the bars on the bottom level's ceiling to keep the excess corner out of the way. I am still able to close the ramp this way without too much trouble at all.
Voila! Bedding sets sans sewing!