Make Your Own Guinea Pig 'Slipper Snug' Bed: Full Tutorial and Sewing Pattern!

Guinea Pig Slipper Snug Pattern and Instructions: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/16475...
Create a beautiful high quality guinea pig bed with this tutorial video! Introducing the slipper snug, a favorite cage accessory of the Squeak Dreams guinea pig herd! This video guides you through step by step, from equipment, fabric choices, pattern printing and cutting, to a detailed step by step sewing tutorial. The tutorial is paired with the launch of the slipper snug pattern on the Squeak Dreams Etsy shop - check it out at the link above! 😃 I provide ongoing support via my Etsy shop - if you're attempting the bed but get stuck at any point, just drop me a message on Etsy and I'll do my best to help!
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction and piggie modelling
1:17 Equipment
1:47 Step 1: Choosing your fabrics
2:56 Step 2: Preparing the pattern
3:56 Step 3 Cutting out the fabrics
4:05 Step 4: Create the curved side seams
6:00 Step 5: Add the back panels
7:25 Step 6: Making the entrance
9:07 Step 7: Adding the first base pieces
10:10 Step 8: Add the outer base
10:49 Step 9: Turn me inside out!
11:08 Step 10: Sew up that hole
11:53 Piggie reaction time!
12:44 Try it yourself!
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[@user-xn8vk5ot1r]

YOU ARE JUST THE BEST GUINEA PIG OWNER IN THE WORLD

[@myanutube]

100%. She really is ❤❤❤❤❤❤

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[@ShawGonnaTeach]

Ohhhhh this is super cute!! I love the piggie fabric ❤ I’ll have to get the pattern to make one for my boys!

[@ThePigHut]

Thank you for everything you do, I have 4 pigs (2 pairs of 2) and you showed me how to give them proper care!!!

[@SqueakDreams]

You're very welcome 😄

[@jojomomster3772]

Great pattern and cute fabric! I will definitely be making it. My suggestion for this type of work is to get a pack of corsage/hat pins, they work well for fleece and thick batting like this.

[@HayleyG-ip8gy]

Lovely slipper snug! Happy piggies! 😄

[@TinaW1294]

Hello. I am finally watching this on my laptop as I usually watch it on my TV so I cannot comment. I love your KZbins! I lost my last 2 piggies last year and I am now without any pets. Getting ready to retire so may not get any more but I absolutely love watching you and your furry babies! I wish I knew about you when I had my piggies!!! Especially how to make these!!! I made my piggy some but a pattern would have been wonderful! Thanks for all you do!!! Especially on teaching all of us the many things guinea pig "slaves" need to know about these amazing little critters. :) I just love piggies!!!

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THANKS FOR YOUR WONDERFUL PAGE

[@SqueakDreams]

Thank you for subscribing! 🥰🐹

[@clairepatton3963]

I'm so excited to follow along with the patttern!!

[@ashleygdesigns7671]

Thank you for this video! I made one this weekend and my daughter’s piggie loves it!!!

[@damjansumak6925]

You take such good care of them. They are so sweet. I love watching you. 🐾🐾🐾

[@jumboJetPilot]

Those flat beds - those are what I use to transport my GP’s. I lay it down beside their cage, pick them up and over the C@C cage rungs, set them in their pet bed, and then carry the pet bed. I do it in reverse when I’m putting them back into their cage. It’s far safer than to do that than it is to carry them in your bare hands. Those little things have amazing methods of squirming out of your hands, and little kids (which I don’t personally have any) won’t be able to hang onto them. But using their bed for transport they’re never in your bare hands more than a few inches off the ground.

[@camille4917]

Thank you for this and all the other patterns in this series! I'm not very good at sewing but these types of tutorials really help me provide my piggies with some comfy hideys!

[@Krista_Rose7]

Just when I thought my piggies had enough hideys, you prove me wrong with such a great pattern!

[@Krista_Rose7]

Although finding that thick of wadding (or batting as we call it here) in the US has been difficult, so I've been having to double or tripple up the thinner stuff, fighting it the whole way.

[@lauralenarduzzi5218]

amazing and really skill full!!!😃😄😘 the guinea pigs look so cute in the back❤

[@michellecarter9116]

I have been waiting for this one. Thank You 😊

[@bethananderson2047]

You're so inspiring! I can't wait to get my sewing machine out now!

[@guineapigsue7785]

Looks superb ❤

[@tracibrunyee8931]

I've been waiting to find this pattern so can't wait to make a few for my cavys x

[@jaze6272]

well, there's my project for tomorrow :)

[@abbeymontgomery8273]

Can you do a video on what kind of veggies piggies can have please

[@joannaheddy8653]

Thank you. We'll be trying this out.

[@random.edits.4.u]

love your content!! learnt tons off you for my pigs!! ❤❤

[@graceacma2506]

You are so useful I love your videos❤

[@kristiekeith1191]

I love your tutorials!

[@BookloverFantasy92]

I love it! I’ll have to grab it and the cuddle sack. I have the other two patterns from you as well. :)

[@joenticknap5803]

Love this pattern. Now I just need to find someone to make it for me 🤔 😂

[@PixieDust865]

Me too lol

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[@sharonsundae]

I am so glad you added another pattern, I have the other three you made. Wondering for this pattern if I could just sew the fleece pieces onto the batting all around before attaching to the other fleece piece so that it doesn't flop around? Thanks again!

[@keluargaiikhan]

Very cute bed for guinea pigs, but unfortunately I can't make it yet

[@schnnellbell3310]

White girl stop saying you can't a DO smh

[@tasteofinklettering]

Yay! I’m in the middle of making a matching set of all of your patterns for my two boys, so this couldn’t be more perfect timing! Quick question on making fitted absorbent liners for your patterns: Would I cut the fabric pieces to the size of the base piece and maybe use a slightly larger seam allowance? Or is there an easier method for proper sizing?

[@SqueakDreams]

That's lovely, thank you very much! 🤩 Yes I use the base pieces for making waterproof fleece pads, they can be too big by a smidge, but they are no good if they are too small - so just use your normal seam allowance 😊

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[@cindyterruso9698]

Sarah you are so talented. Seriously amazing!! Beauty inside and out!! Beautiful fabrics!!! Awesome!! ❤

[@user-uw4vm7hw8w]

I am having a problem with my piggies, Oreo keeps mounting and chasing Chocolate into the hidey and if Chocolate trys to come out Oreo nudges,mounts,and chases her. Oreo will not stop and i had to seperate them.😢 Any ideas?

[@jaguarangel1107]

Posting in several areas, as I don't know if you'll see this, but my pig suddenly stopped being able to eat his veggie treats and also his favorite Timothy hay heads. He mainly prefers his pellets now. I've done a bit of research and found that their teeth can grow over and occlude the tongue. He really wanted his treats but just couldn't eat them, so we tried chopping his veggies very small, and he immediately was eager and able to eat them. Have you ever seen this? I've read that the vet may have to put them under and file the teeth down (hundreds or $1000 in my area). Someone mentioned even havinf to put the lig down! He's my friend and buddy, five years old, and otherwise is good health. Your thoughts please?

[@SqueakDreams]

Have replied on your latest comment 😊

[@tylerl4472]

Does anyone know if I could make this with the base piece being a piece of 3/4 inch upholstery foam? I don’t have enough batting for the whole bed but I have some extra upholstery foam. My issue would be idk how to sew it since I doubt my singer sewing machine would be able to get though the foam so I’d assume I’d need to create a pocket or something but idk how to do that or how to secure the foam. I’m probably better off just buying more batting😂

[@random.edits.4.u]

hiiii I have piggies and I was just wondering is it better to keep them indoors or outdoors during winter?

[@Gioza85]

Pick one or the other and stick with it as the change in temperature can badly shock them. Their fur will grow appropriately for the environment. So if they are already living outdoors then leave them, as long as the area is sheltered from wind and damp they will be fine. Bringing them in could cause them to over heat

[@piggiefloofs9398]

how do these hold up in the wash with all 3 layers not being fully sewn to each other all the way throughout? also thanks for specifying weights of the wadding - super helpful (i always give up on my cozy projects before i start as i never know what thickness to get etc or where to buy it from apart from dunelm which tends to be more expensive)

[@SqueakDreams]

They are fine in the wash, I even pull them apart when I feel they need a proper thorough wash ☺️, just dry them outside or on the radiator and reshape the bed at some point as it dries. The 14oz is very sturdy and the bed will keep its shape well. You'll see I used less thick wadding for the base/back, just because it is easier to sew and these bits aren't as important for it's structure. eBay is a great place to get wadding at various thicknesses, straight off the roll, half metre of 14oz and half metre of 8/9oz will be more than enough 😃

[@piggiefloofs9398]

@@SqueakDreams thanks 😊 , i'll def check ebay out next time (i'll add this to my growing list of projects i plan but never get round to doing! haha )

[@Kdja1972]

Hi- if I buy a standard sewing machine like a brother basic one will it cope with the thickness or do I need to hold out until I can get a better machine? Thanks!

[@SqueakDreams]

Mine is a Janome J3 24 which I think is pretty basic, verging on mid range, it is 10 years old and still going strong! I would research and read reviews where you can, but I think a basic one should be fine ☺️

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