Homemade Dog Bed With Pockets

The homemade dog bed with pockets is based on our Free Dog Bed which is made out of recyclable couch cushions.

You should be able to scrounge all the materials needed from items on hand.

Once you've followed the instructions to make the Free Dog Bed, come back to this page to add a pocket or two.

ADDING POCKETS TO THE FREE DOG BED

• An empty plastic gallon milk or water jug
• A fabric strip at least 6 x 16 inches (150 x 405mm) either leftover from Cushion #2 or another heavy fabric that doesn't clash with the main cushion color/pattern
• Sewing machine and/or
• Sewing needle with heavy duty thread
• Straight pins
• Cloth scissors

• Mark the jug as show in the picture.
• Cut with scissors around the dark lines and along the dashed line in the middle.
• You should now have two right-angled strips of plastic about the same size.
• Wash and dry the strips if necessary.
• Put the strips on top of one another.
• Take your fabric piece and fold it over the plastic strips to cover them completely and leave an extra 1.5 inches (40 mm) of material extending beyond them along the bottom edge.
• Now fold the raw edges of this extra material to the inside and pin them in place.

• Sew the above pinned edges together.
• Next push the plastic strips snugly up against the top fold and sew a line underneath them to hold the plastic in place, making sure to smooth out the already part evenly.
• The bottom part of the fabric should extend beyond the plastic by about an inch (25mm) as shown in the photo below.

• Pin your pocket to the dog bed the way you want it.
• Sew it in place by hand.