How To Sew A Pet Bed

Shop bought pet beds can be so small but so expensive. I challenged myself to make a pet bed that is super soft and luxurious whilst giving my cat, Satsuma plenty of room to move about and sleep. After lots of thought I decided to make my cat bed using a shop bought throw and a pillow for stuffing. Have a look in the sale sections for reduced throws as you can find some really great bargains. In this blog I will share how to sew a pet bed and what supplies you will need.

The supplies I used are:

Supplies I used for my pet bed:
Singer promise sewing machine,
Soft throw, material scissors, Pins, Material pen.

Singer Promise sewing machine

Throw

Polyester Pillow

Material scissors

Fabric pen

Pins

Sewing Clips

DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you.

Step 1 Making the template

Open up the throw and unfold it. The throw I bought was 200cm by 200cm but you would get away with buying a slightly smaller one.

I made some paper templates for my pet bed by sellotaping together A4 sheets of paper. I made a circle with a diameter of 26 inches. My pet bed also had a centre section so I made a template for that which measured 6 inches high and 44 inches long.

Fold the throw in half and then fold each half of the throw in half again. This will give you 4 layers to the throw.

Opening up and unfolding my soft throw.

Step 2 Preparing and cutting the throw

Using the template that you have made, fold it in half. Place the folded half against the folded half of the throw. Draw around the template. For this part I used a fabric pen so I would not be left with any unwanted pen lines.

Using the fabric pen to draw around the paper template onto my throw material.

Pin the 2 parts of the throw together so they do not move when you are cutting them out.

Pinning the throw using sewing pins

Cut along the lines, making sure that you cut both pieces of the throw. When completed this will give you one circle. Repeat the whole process with the other folded side of the throw, this will give you the 2 circles that you need.

Cutting around the template lines using the material scissors.

Then, fold the centre panel template in half and place along the folded material. Pin the material to hold it in place whilst you draw around the template and cut it out. Cut 2 centre panels.

Step 3 Sewing

Take the 2 centre panels, place them right sides together and then sew down the short side. This will give you one long centre panel now.

Using the singer sewing machine to sew the two ends of the centre part together.

Again, placing the material right sides together pin the top and bottom circles to the centre panel ready for sewing.

Showing the material all clipped together ready for sewing

Make sure that you leave a gap in the centre panels. This will allow you to turn your pet bed the right way around and also be able to add the stuffing.

Showing the gap left in the throw material

Once sewn the throw should look like the picture below.

The throw material sewn up

Step 4 Stuffing the pet bed

I bought a polyester filled pillow to use as the stuffing for my pet bed. I found this to be more cost effective than buying the bags of stuffing. One pillow was enough to fill the pet bed.

Stuffing for the pet bed

Step 5 Sewing up the pet bed

Once you have stuffed the pet bed and you are happy with the result. All that is left is to sew up the gap that was left for stuffing the pet bed. I just used a needle and thread and a ladder stitch to close up the gap making your pet bed fully complete.

Hand sewing the part of the pet bed we left open for turning and stuffing

Now you have your completed pet bed, i'm sure your pets will love it.

If you would like to watch how I made this soft and luxurious pet bed then please click on the video below

If you enjoyed this blog please check out my other blog posts:

How to make a mini felt flag

Make an initial felt flag

How to make a pet bed

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *