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Today is a day for sewing a cozy cup!

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Heyooo how are you all doing today? Any plans for this afty?

Well i went to our local haberdashery yesterday with my OH and bought an armful of material to make my cozy cup for the little one's, (I managed to get a pattern online woo!) one of the sheets is a orange printed cotton with Paddington Bear on it, and my OH picked the inner layer which is a soft fluffy baby blue liner.

Here's my paddington bear material:

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And the blue fluffyness:

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When the boys get a bit older (and bigger!), I promised my OH i will get them spiderman materiel we seen- which i think he really wanted for himself...hmmm it's given me an idea for this years christmas pressies...:)

Better get cracking on making this cozy cup hope you all have a lovely day!
 
can i post other forum links on here? I got the step by step instructions of other forum hmm....
 
Lovely, your pigs will very much enjoy it, I'm sure~

I'd love to see the finished cup and, if it's okay, the pattern!
I have some left over fleece after cutting some for Figgy's bedding, and I thought I'd make him a cup~
 
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can i post other forum links on here? I got the step by step instructions of other forum hmm....
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Other people have posted links for this kind of thing. I would love to see the pattern. Even more so, I would love to see what you made yesterday.
 
Heyoo, sorry for the late reply! Heres the link:

http://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/accessories/17507-how-make-cuddle-cup-requires-sewing.html

I used the dimensions given to make the pattern at home out of greaseproof paper, so I can make many more later on...I havent finished the cozy cup yet as i had one of those days yesterday, and the sewing machine broke (the belt part) whilst i was halfway through the final stages! However I'm visiting my OH mother later on today who is a seamstress and I'm going to lend her sewing machine - I'm a abit to lazy to hand sew atm, so photos shall be uploaded later!:D Hope the link has helped, and I'd also love to see your cozy cup if you make one too :)
 
The cozy cup is complete! :D

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and my lovely boys snuggling up:

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Hope the pattern was of help to you all. I really enjoyed making it :D
 
Oh my God that looks cozy!
I'd say your sewing machine nearly had a heart attack when you sewed that fluffy material! :)
 
Haha! It did have a heart attack, I had to cut the fluffy stuff quite short before it would go again, I don't think the sewing machine is on best terms with me now though!:p

It is so warm inside though, I think I shall be making a giant sized cuddly cup for myself!
 
It looks lovely and fluffy. I am sure that your sewing machine will forgive you eventually. Mine always does in the end! :))
 
Ooo i do hope so i would love to make them a cozy tunnel too, and my piggies atm are enjoying a lovely night with a loo roll tube stuffed full of hay and veggies:D
 
Aww no problems, it took me a while to find a step by step guide and hope it can be of use to anyone on here who would love to make the piggies lives that little more cosier! :D Good look with your piggie bed too!
 
That looks sooooo snuggly and inviting - no wonder they love it!

I've looked at furry fabric like that before but you could easily pull out the fibres in the stuff I found. If your piggies are nibblers I'd just keep an eye on that in case they manage to get a mouthful of fur! They'll probably be too chilled out to want to nibble though :)
 
Thankies missy for the word of warning, I'm only using atm as a piggie bed during the day when i can keep an eye on them, I'm going to be making another for a night time bed from cotton based materiel, although so far no pulling the fabric, they have just been using it as a tent! :D
 
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