A warm and soft bed made of wool jersey will certainly please your furry pet, especially in the cold season.
And we will decorate the faceless surface of the plain fabric with a simple imitation of embroidery, using one of the decorative stitches of the sewing machine.
Do-it-yourself bed for a cat
You will need:
✂ Cuts of thick woolen knitwear;
✂ Cotton patchwork filler (batting can also be used);
✂ Cutting scissors;
✂ Tailoring pins for patchwork;
✂ Threads and needle for sewing;
✂ Sheet of paper A4;
✂ Felt-tip pen;
✂ Stationery scissors;
✂ Portnovsky chalk;
✂ non-woven;
✂ Peg for eversion;
✂ Ruler for marking allowances
Step 1
Cut out two pieces of the bed of the size you need from the flaps of wool knitwear.
✽ The size of the future couch depends on the size of the flaps of fabrics, on your personal preferences and the size of the pet.
From the cotton filler, cut two parts exactly the same size as the details of the bed.
✽ Determine the density of the bed by yourself. It will depend on the material used and on how thick the stove bench you want to sew.
Draw a cat face on a piece of paper.
✽ You can use ready-made templates from the Internet.
Cut out the pattern.
Step 2
Lay the cat's face template on the wrong side of the upper part of the bed.
On top of the template, apply a flizelin patch of the appropriate size.
Remove the template.
Iron the non-woven through the iron.
Step 3
Use the tailor pins to identify the outline of the template.
Flip the part face up.
Place the cat face pattern on the front of the part.
Using tailor's chalk, transfer the contours of the muzzle onto the fabric.
Step 4
In the muzzle, lay a straight stitch with a maximum stitch length.
Step 5
Select any decorative stitch on your sewing machine and lay it over a straight stitch.
✽ If your sewing machine doesn’t have decorative stitches, postpone the outline in zigzag stitches. Adjust the length and width of the stitch yourself.
Step 6
Iron the embroidered face of the cat.
Step 7
Fold cotton items together. On top, lay the bottom part (gray) of the bench with the wrong side down. And then the top part (orange) face down.
✽ That is, the details of the couch are folded with the front sides to each other.
Step 8
With patchwork pins, chop the details of the couch around the entire perimeter.
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Step 9
Stack the details of the couch on the long sides and one short with 1.5 cm allowances.
Iron the seams.
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Step 10
Cut the seam allowance at the seams close to the stitch.
Step 11
Cut corners obliquely.
Step 12
Cut openings of the filler on the open side at a distance of 2 cm from the cut.
Step 13
Turn out the couch.
Align the corners with a special peg.
Step 14
Unscrew the allowance for the bottom part of the bed by turning around the cut of the filler and pin it with tailor pins.
Then unscrew the upper part allowance inward and chip open hole.
Step 15
Sew the open hole manually with a blind stitch.
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Done!
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The author of the master class and photo: Julia Dekanova (pictured is my cat Orange)
