Category: Cats

Stuff it

On By CarynIn Cats, Craft

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).

Cat donut

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.

Making fabric circles

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

Sewing a circle top to the side strip

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

Sewing in the stuffing

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

Initial pillow fit

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.

Pillow with divot

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.

Izzy trying out the new pillow (blanket thrown over for the princess)

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

Pillow with less stuffing
Happier cat

The princess approves.

Staring into the void

On By CarynIn Cats
And the void stares back

This is Mr Tom’s buddy, that hangs out in the meadow with him, and will sometimes accept treats, from a distance. He is fixed, and probably remembers I had something to do with it. The two white whiskers are quite charming, even with the death stare.

Princess

On By CarynIn Cats
Izzy happy on a pile of blankets

Izzy the cat was very pleased with the pile of fuzzy blankets I put on her (my) chair. What I really should have captured in a picture was how pissed she was when I put all those throws in the wash and she was left with no fuzzy blankets. To make up for it, I laid out a fresh, warm from the dryer blanket, folded in fourths for extra cushiness, on one of her favorite perches. The princess may have forgiven me.