Washable Homemade Hooded Cat Beds ....
Dec 26, 2015 4:50:31 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2015 4:50:31 GMT -5
I have made quite a few of these, I usually scavenge the stuffing from old pillows - this sort is often bouncy and washes well without clumping or flattening.
I usually use corduroy for the outer and fleece for the inner and a PVC type fabric for the outer of the floor which seems to be a bit grippy and reasonably hard-wearing.
You will probably need a sewing machine to make these, I just have a basic Bernina machine and have no trouble at all using the normal foot.
The instructions are a bit hard to follow unless you have the materials in front of you and I have made myself some patterns out of parcel paper for cutting out all the pieces, so that might be handy too.
The instructions are here
drive.google.com/file/d/0B4MC8xW2_RxGYWdycVdQVEMtUE0/view?usp=sharing
And here's a few pics of the beds I have made ...
I have about 8 of these in total now and have lost track of how many times they have been washed - the ferrets love them! You might want to make the pattern bigger for bigger groups of standard ferrets - most of my ferrets are minis so they can fit about 5 in these, but probably only would get 1-2 standard fezzas ....
I usually use corduroy for the outer and fleece for the inner and a PVC type fabric for the outer of the floor which seems to be a bit grippy and reasonably hard-wearing.
You will probably need a sewing machine to make these, I just have a basic Bernina machine and have no trouble at all using the normal foot.
The instructions are a bit hard to follow unless you have the materials in front of you and I have made myself some patterns out of parcel paper for cutting out all the pieces, so that might be handy too.
The instructions are here
drive.google.com/file/d/0B4MC8xW2_RxGYWdycVdQVEMtUE0/view?usp=sharing
And here's a few pics of the beds I have made ...
I have about 8 of these in total now and have lost track of how many times they have been washed - the ferrets love them! You might want to make the pattern bigger for bigger groups of standard ferrets - most of my ferrets are minis so they can fit about 5 in these, but probably only would get 1-2 standard fezzas ....
