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need advice on simple pet blankets
Hi all,
I was thinking of making some blankets for my cats, silly as it may sound. They each have their own cat bed (and mine of course, which one cat usually ends up on), but being this is their first winter in a house that gets cold at night I thought making some blankets for their beds might be nice. Any thoughts on fabric/construction? thanks in advance Kirsten |
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Filigree00 wrote:
Hi all, I was thinking of making some blankets for my cats, silly as it may sound. They each have their own cat bed (and mine of course, which one cat usually ends up on), but being this is their first winter in a house that gets cold at night I thought making some blankets for their beds might be nice. Any thoughts on fabric/construction? thanks in advance Kirsten Yes!! I saw some pads for cats on a website, and the ones that a friend told me her cats like have a plush fabric on one side (maybe polar fleece would be good?) and flannel on the other. They're reversible. They have some batting inside, and one has a reflective material (like a solar blanket?) that reflects the cat's body heat back to the cat. They also have some with a built-in heating pad, but no way am I plugging in a cat's bed. I am thinking of just making some rectangular pads with the plush and flannel on each side and some fiberfill batting inside. Light enough to toss in the wash from time to time, but soft enough to be comfy. What I'm not sure about is whether they'll settle for this when they have the couch, the easy chair, the bed.... -- Joanne http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/ Life is about the journey, not about the destination. |
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 23:32:14 -0800, Me wrote:
Our seven have various different types. One is fluffy, fake sheepskin, another is microfleece, double-layered, with blanket stitch all around, but the favourites are simply real sheepskin, cut out of old coats found at thrift shops. I put the sheepskin through the wash just like everything else. Worthing, age 18, does have a heated pad - an incredibly useful item, which is permanently occupied Trish |
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Filigree00 wrote:
Hi all, I was thinking of making some blankets for my cats, silly as it may sound. They each have their own cat bed (and mine of course, which one cat usually ends up on), but being this is their first winter in a house that gets cold at night I thought making some blankets for their beds might be nice. Any thoughts on fabric/construction? thanks in advance Kirsten If you want posh, make some nice patchwork quilts for them, out of posh cotton fabrics, a nice cotton batting, and a fluffy flannel backing... If you want practical, a nicely edged layer of good quality polar fleece will be purrrrrfect! -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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Hi, I made a fleece blanket for DBF last year for Xmas. Just one layer
of fleece, finished with a mock blanket stitch on my serger. Our smallest cat immediately claimed it as hers. She won't sleep anywhere else. Maureen Filigree00 wrote: Hi all, I was thinking of making some blankets for my cats, silly as it may sound. They each have their own cat bed (and mine of course, which one cat usually ends up on), but being this is their first winter in a house that gets cold at night I thought making some blankets for their beds might be nice. Any thoughts on fabric/construction? thanks in advance Kirsten |
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OJust one layer of fleece, finished with a mock blanket stitch on my
serger. Maureen Hi Maureen, Can you tell me what type of thread you used. |
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I used Wooly Nylon in the loopers and regular thread in the needle.
wrote: OJust one layer of fleece, finished with a mock blanket stitch on my serger. Maureen Hi Maureen, Can you tell me what type of thread you used. |
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One big bed is better than several small individual ones. Kitties will
use a blanket, sometimes getting under them when it's really cold. Several kitties in a bed, under blankets will be warm as toast. My cats just use a regular blanket, folded over. I like to cuddle under a blanket on cold nites to watch tv. After I go to bed, the kitties get under the blanket and sleep there all nite. gree (Filigree00) wrote in message ... Hi all, I was thinking of making some blankets for my cats, silly as it may sound. They each have their own cat bed (and mine of course, which one cat usually ends up on), but being this is their first winter in a house that gets cold at night I thought making some blankets for their beds might be nice. Any thoughts on fabric/construction? thanks in advance Kirsten |
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