Making a Cat Bed

I am happy to say everything is ticking a long smoothly.  Housekeeping is day to day and the house has never looked better.   Which means I'm ready to start crafting more.  My original plan of bringing this life change on in stages rather than all at once was a good idea.

Per my last post we have a new family member and he needed a new bed.  Old me would have walked over to Pet Valu on my lunch hour and picked one out.  Instead I decided I would try my hand at making it.

I read multiple posts on the net about nest beds, flat beds, basket beds, portable beds, I liked the look of this one here Instructables Cat Bed, well not so much the look (eeek fleece is such a hair catcher) but the style.  I decided to make Capone's more of an oval, and also to try and do it from fabric I had left over from another project.

I should have taken photos a long the way, but I wasn't sure it was going to turn out.  Next time I promise LOL, but more or less I followed the instructions.  The only thing I changed was I did not use all new fill.  From my years with pets I am a believer in the fact that scent is a huge factor for animals, they find comfort in familiar scents.  I grabbed an old pillow that I had planned to throw away and used the stuffing from that.  Two birds, one stone, bed and cat soother.

Finished bed:

He loves it, sleeps in it regularly.   Can't ask for more success than that . .  well maybe I can, I have yet to wash it, it could fall apart first go round, but for now . . . success.

xo
J.