Stuff ‘n’ Puff
When the weather gets brutally cold and I find myself cooped up at home, I finally find that I have time to do those little projects that I had put on the back burner during the more pleasant summer months when all I wanted to spend every minute outside.
Today’s project involved one of Sid’s many beds. He was given this bed as a gift for his 7th birthday back when he called NY home. While the sturdy material the bed is fashioned from had stood up well after repeated washings and feverish digging/nesting sessions courtesy of Sid, over time the stuffing had compressed and the bed just looked flat and sad.
During the summer, when I got the idea for this project, I had picked up a bag of fiber fill from Joann Fabrics for this very purpose. I wasn’t sure how much to get so I got a rather large bag (thinking I might eventually re-stuff one of his other beds, too!).
Plumping up the bed was much easier than I had anticipated. First, I took the bed to the laundromat and put it through the hot wash cycle to get it squeaky clean. I hope Sid doesn’t mind that the patches of peanut butter that were mashed into the fiber are now long gone!
I then cut a hole big enough for my hand to fit into on the underside of the bed and finally got to the fun part: I just began stuffing fistfuls of the fiber fill into the bed (making sure to pack it in tightly) and distributing it evenly throughout all the nooks and crannies. As you can see from the photo above, I ended up using up over half the bag! My Sid will not stand for a saggy bolster.
Then a quick row of stitches to seal up the hole and PRESTO! Good as new! In fact, BETTER THAN NEW!
I think he likes it, wouldn’t you agree?
January 28th, 2016 at 6:20 pm
Nice!! It looks like a cloud 🙂
♡♡♡
Meredith & Scarlet
January 28th, 2016 at 9:32 pm
Great job Dad! that bed looks super comfy now!
hugs
Mr Bailey, Hazel & Mabel
January 29th, 2016 at 4:59 am
Well done Dad, that looks the pawfect bed fur Sid now
Loves and licky kisses
Princess Leah xxx
PeeS Mum is jealous you got to go to a Joann Fabrics shop, she’s heard such alot about them and would luff to spend sum milkbones there!
January 29th, 2016 at 9:48 am
that looks like the most comfy bed ever we are jealous
retro rover
January 29th, 2016 at 11:33 pm
What a cool bed,, it looks like a big cloud!
love
tweedles
January 30th, 2016 at 1:29 pm
That’s a great idea. Barkley’s old bed looked more like a piece of pita bread there at the end, than a comfy bed. I should have fixed it, not got a new one. We got your Sid the Pug comic book today (we live in Chicago so didn’t take long). I LOVE it.
LB and her Lab Abby
February 1st, 2016 at 8:38 pm
this may be a duplicate comment. Off topic – but being new to Chicago, I don’t know if the Metra train/pet issue was resolved, but I work on the northside and my new husband and I live very close to your parents. If your family and Sid needs a ride on Friday or Monday morning for a train free weekend visit, drop me a note.
February 5th, 2016 at 7:17 pm
Bolsters make the bed!
Love,
Christy