Percy and Cassie now have brand new beds during which they can spend about 75% of their day! I had made some dog and cat beds earlier for the local Humane Society, so I guess I could do the same for my cats.
The cats really needed new beds. I couldn't find ones that I liked in the stores, so I decided to make some. I found some tutorials on Pinterest, and read a few different methods before deciding what I wanted to do. I wanted to use wool fabric, because I know the cats really like that.
So I used some wool that I found in my stash. This plaid cashmere is leftover from a cape that I made myself quite a few years ago. There was a nice bit of it left. So I used it to make one cushion. That was easy.
Unfortunately, I forgot to take progress photos, so I'll describe the next part. I made a long tube out of some more leftover wool (most of which is wool I "found" and felted as an experiment). All of the stuffing was fabric scraps. I had saved up a good amount of those! I stuffed the long tubes and sewed the ends together. Then I hand-sewed the big loop-tubes onto the cushions. That was a little bit of some hard work, as I had to pull the two pieces together and hand-sew at some awkward angles! Not my best work, but I'm sure the cats don't mind!
Above is Percy in one of the beds.
And this is Cassie, in a red plaid felted bed with a green plaid on the bottom that doesn't even come close to coordinating!
And I'm still left with some scraps! Why is it that scraps can never be completely gotten rid of!?!
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