DIY Dog bed

Well it certainly has been quiet sometime since I have posted ANYTHING at all on here. 

Before our first snow storm of the season last week, Harry and I made a trip to Tractor Supply to stock up on some items he needs to get ready for the big snow storm coming! Leaving the store we checked out Jo-Ann Fabrics and Cloth next door. We searched around for some cool looking blankets to create our dogs their own homemade dog bed by Mwah. I was searching in one aisle while Harry was in another, we both ran into each other and realized we both had some pretty opposite opinions on which patterns we wanted, not to mention WAY to many to choose from. We finally decided that we should go cute and seasonal for this first bed. 

Items needed:

* Time
  * scissor

  * blankets

  * 100% Premium Polyester Fiberfill (32oz or more)/foam/ whatever is comfortable

The blankets were on sale for $14.99 for a package of 2 no-sew fleece blankets- what a DEAL!  since they are originally $30.00.
The blankets are both 72" and are considered no-sew (by all means if you wanted to sew it and add a zipper into it it would probably be ideal, however I do not own a sewing machine nor am I the greatest at sewing... at least I don't think I am- never actually attempted)

Step 1:
Since the blankets were 72" i decided I would cut them in half and make 2 decent sized beds so that each of my pups could have one. *** Thinking back on it I kind of wish I cut one a little big bigger and just saved the other smaller quarter for something else, but depends on your dogs size and what you prefer***

Step 2:
After cutting the blankets in half I laid them one on top of the other so that they are evenly together.

Our adorable Penguin pattern :)

Step 3:
Grab your scissor and cut you're going cut the corners off all four corners. Depending on how big or small you want your blanket depends on how much of the corners you are going to cut out. I cut 4in x 4in for all four so it will look something like this in all corners:

Step 4:
 once you have removed all four corners then you are going to take your scissor and cut slits along the sides of the blanket (I started with doing slits on one side first, tying them and then doing the next side) I cut my slits around 3" to 4"  for the fringe depth. The width of each piece should be around 1" (2.5 cm). I ended up doing the distance between the top of my pointer finger to the first crease line haha, which is probably about 1-1.5 inches I couldn't be bothered with marking every inch each time.

Step 5:
Tying the knots. I have showed you in the picture above how i tied my knots. Its a little difficult for me to describe, not to mention there are also many different ways to do the knots. I took both parts of the fringes (top and bottom) and tied it as if i were tying a balloon. This is a little video i watched when i was trying to figure out the best way to tie these fringes: 
/http://www.instructables.com/id/No-Sew-Fleece-Blanket/


Step 6:
Once I finished doing the knots on 3 sides of the blanket i stuffed the polyester fiberfill material into the blanket. I would have liked to use a piece of nice bed foam, however I figured i wanted to test it out with something a little cheaper before i ended up making them a wonderful bed and they would destroy it. They have never destroyed a bed, so not sure why I just didn't go with it to begin with, but you learn! 


Step 7:
Finishing tying the knots on the last and final side of the blanket and you, my friend, are finished! My pup was so funny i couldn't even finish the final side when he decided he had already loved it and wanted to sleep on it. Mr cutie pie! As you can see he made himself quiet comfortable- MISSION COMPLETE!
 

Someone's sleepy :)

Ladies and Gentlemen the final look:

A nice little project to do on a snowy day :)