Izzy has a new cat house (thank you Mom and Dad!) She likes to go inside and sharpen her claws, and she investigates the top, but the well is a little small and deep for her to curl up in (she is a big cat).

So I made a small pillow to fill the hole. The well measures 9” x 4”, so I made two 10” circles and a strip 5” wide (to accommodate 1/2” seams). To make the circles, I cut two 10” squares, folded them in fourths, then rounded one corner.

I then sewed the circles to the strip, right sides together, leaving a 1/2” free on both ends of the strip.

I over stuffed the pillow because I know that stuffing compresses, and hand sewed the seam on the side closed.

The pillow fit it in the well, but had a slight dome.

Domes will not do for the princess cat, so I sewed the middle to make a divot by sticking a long needle through the middle of the pillow and pulling the thread tight.

It was still a little over stuffed. Izzy the princess cat laid on it, but it was not the cozy round she was hoping for.

I took some stuffing out. This involved clipping the hand sewn seam, removing the stuffing around the center tack, and resewing the side seam.

The princess approves.