Years ago we bought our then two cats pillows stuffed with
Poly-fil and catnip at Portland
For years I’ve had a plethora of upholstery fabric for
various projects that either have already been completed or never even came to
any sort of fruition. When I redid our bedroom and guest room, I used
upholstery fabric for the bedspreads for a couple reasons, but the biggest
being we have animals and they like to sleep in places we really shouldn’t
allow them to. The other was because of the large-scale prints in easy to clean
duck cloth. Anyway, lots of denims, canvas, duck cloth and jacquards all in
heavy enough weights to withstand kitty claws and one-hundred and twenty-five
pound dogs are now taking up space on my fabric case and not being utilized. So
I decided to make a kitty catnip pillow with a small portion of one of them!
What You’ll Need:
6½ x 12 inch piece of heavy weight fabric
Poly-fil
catnip
thread
The first thing you will want to do is take your fabric and
fold it in half like a hot dog bun with the right sides facing.
Starting with the short end, sew closed two sides, leaving you with one end open.
Now take your tube and carefully pull it inside out.
Next, take a handful of Poly-fil and stuff it into the tube.
I use a chopstick to help ease it down to the bottom. Sprinkle a little catnip
inside and alternate until it is nice and plush but not overly stuffed.
Fold the ends inside by about ¼ to ½ an inch and sew along
the edge. For extra strength I sewed forward then reversed it to sew another
line backwards. You can use any decorative stitch you’d like as well or even a
simple zig-zag stitch. Clip the loose threads.
Give to cat and let him or her enjoy!
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