Cot for your cat yourself

Want a cat to feel your care and love? Then show them by equipping your pet's life so that he feels like a full member of the family. We all know that cats spend most of their lives in a dream, so it is so important to give the pet a comfortable place to relax. In this article we will present several options from which you can choose which cot for the cat your own hands will be better. You will learn how to make stalls for pets, without spending too much and without special tailor skills.

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What is a couch?

Cats love to not only play catch-up with their tail, eat delicious, but also to sleep in a secluded place. For these purposes, a kind of cot bed for cats, which can be easily done at home.

You can master them from different materials: plastic, wood, pillows, pieces of cloth, old sweaters. A couch for a cat will fit into any interior, as it can be placed on the floor near a battery, a fireplace or install a crib on the windowsill. Also, you can make a bed from improvised materials of the desired color scheme.

Important! The disadvantage of these cribs is that they are not very durable, especially if your pet likes to thread claws. Also, cribs for cats are problematic to wash and clean from wool. But it is easily replenished by the fact that such products are cheap and time consuming, because a lounger for your pet can be made from simple, affordable things that can be found in any home.

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Classic stool

A master class for making a classic couch will help you make a cozy bed for a cat with your own hands. Everyone can do such a thing, since it does not require any special knowledge of needlework, you just need a little patience and time.

Materials and tools:

• Fabric - denim, drape.
• Synthesis.
• Foam.
• Threads in tone of fabric.
• Thick needle.
• Pencil.
• Paper for the pattern.
• Scissors.

Step-by-step instruction:

• Make a bottom pattern. To do this, draw on paper and cut, and then cut out the fabric from the resulting pattern, two circles of the same size( approximately a diameter of 45 cm).
• Sew the two resulting parts with a seam "over the edge," and in the middle, place the previously cut sintepon, so that the seal is soft.
• Cut from the fabric two shelves 20 by 150 cm - this will be the edge of the future couch.
• Stripes stitched on three sides with each other, pushing foam in them - it is necessary for the cot to hold a shape.

Important! To make the product more beautiful, you can make it from a fabric of different colors.

• Now sew the resulting long strip along with the previously prepared bottom, laying out in a circle.

With this master class, you can create a cot for yourself in one night.

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Cradle from an old sweater

If you have an unwanted old sweater at home, do not rush to throw it away. We will teach you how to make a cot for a cat from a sweater with your own hands.

Materials and tools:

• Old, preferably a warm sweater.
• Heavy thread.
• Sewing machine or thick needle.
• Filler - holofayber, foam rubber, cotton wool.

Step-by-step instruction:

• Turn the sweater inside out, cut the gate( if it is), and sew the neck "over the edge", tucking it up to shoulder level.
• Separate the curb of the future couch. To do this, turn the thing out, make a seam just below the armpits.

Important! If you do everything right, then at the top you will get a hollow pipe from the sleeves of a sweater, which then becomes the side of the bed.

• Fill the resulting pipe with soft material that you have.
• Next, make a bottom. To do this, in the main part, put a small pillow or a piece of unnecessary blanket, sew the bottom.
• To make the sides of the bed, sew the already stuffed pipe from both ends, connecting the cuffs.

Important! Try to do it so that the diameter of the base corresponds to the diameter of the rim.

• Turn the resulting construction, seam "over the edge," gently sew the edge to the bottom of the crib.

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Sofa for a cat

In order to make a real sofa for a cat with your own hands, you will need:

• Fabric.
• Foam 10 cm thick
• Threads.
• Scissors. Needle or sewing machine.
• Adhesive.
• Foam.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Open the foam and fabric so that it's something like a small sofa, the right size for your cat.
2. Glue the foam with glue, sew a cover for the couch and stretch it not with foam plastic construction.
3. To fluffy pet was more convenient, put foam between foam and cloth, sew a cloth.

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The King's bed

In addition to the above-mentioned variants of making beds for seals, you can still make a real royal bed with an unnecessary table.

Materials and tools:

• Old small table.
• Mattress.
• Varnish, paint.
• Decorative items.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Carefully bum the old table.
2. Paint it in the desired color, apply a varnish coating. Allow to dry completely.
3. Turn the table upside down, fix wooden decorative elements on them.
4. Put a soft pillow or mattress inside.

Important! To such a "royal" crib can add a canopy, then it will become even more beautiful.

We presented some of the most popular options, how to make a bed for a cat with your own hands. Beds can be of different sizes, shapes and colors, everything will depend only on your imagination and your efforts.