David's Crate Pillow - Home

David's blanket got taken out of his crate by a previous dog sitter (who never gave it back to me), so he needed something to lay on in his crate. I decided to make him a pillow since he loves his beds during the day. It was a nice, easy, quick sew. I'm looking forward to making one for his crate for the motorhome soon!

I used an outdoor fabric so that he can scratch at it I don't have to worry about him tearing it up. I cut 2 sides that were the length and width of his crate (I forgot to add in a little extra since it'd puff up with the stuffing. Ah well!), placed the fabric right side together, sewed around the edges - leaving a gap to turn it, turned it right side out, stuffed it with polyfill, sewed together the opening, and DONE!

This project took me under an hour. The longest part was stuffing it & sewing the opening.

Aiden's Weighted Blanket

My SIL asked if I'd be willing to make my nephew, Aiden, a weighted blanket. I've had it on my Pinterest list of things to try for a long time, so I jumped at the chance. Dar shipped the pellets to me from Amazon, I got the Pokemon and red minky fabric and got to it.

I used this tutorial as a guide. I had some left over white fabric, so I used it as the "backing" and then put the actual backing on. I had enough fabric to make a pillow, so that was an added bonus for Aiden.

They came over on Easter & I got to give it to Aiden. He seemed to really like it!