Fish Bed for Cats

Bruce's Creation

About a two months ago, Bruce discovered a clever idea for a cat bed. It's a 3D fish with an open mouth that leads to a comfy bed inside. After seeing a few dozen pics of these adorable cat beds, we just had to make it! Little did we know . . .

It was 7pm on a Saturday night when we decided to run down to the fabric store and pick up the pattern and materials needed for the project. Bruce picked the fabric for the body and I helped him match colors for the head and fin. It took us about an hour and a half to decide what we wanted! (The longest Bruce has ever lasted in a fabric store!)

It took a few weeks after that to get the pattern made by Simplicity. It was out of print, so we had to find it online. The first person we ordered it from canceled our order, so we ordered from someone else. Eventually, we got our pattern! Bruce carefully cut out each piece of the pattern, fabric and foam. Next was my turn to sew each piece of fabric to the foam. After sewing the first layer of the head, I was about to loose my cool with that foam! Let me tell you- Don't sew foam unless you have a super-heavy-duty machine! After the head and two fins I gave up! Lucky for Bruce, his sweet mom was much more willing to work on the fish as he directed it. Cheryl sewed the rest of the head, the body, the fins, and then sewed the whole thing together! Super Mom! And so, Plop the Fish was born!

*If you want to make this super cute cat bed, let me know and we will give you a pattern and a simplified version of instructions.