Sewing A Cat Heating Pad

Before I went off to college, my friends mom gifted me with a ecofriend heating pad. (Its a large orange sack filled with dry corn and beans and every time I need a heating pad, I just have to throw it in the microwave for a couple of minutes to reheat it.)

Over the years the heating pad has been through a lot: one cat thinking it was a scratching and a couple of kids trying get the corn out from the holes. My biggest complaint is that most of the time I use it on my neck and its just too long to bulky to fit on there properly. For a very long time I had an idea in my head of what I wanted the replacement to look like and for a very long time I just couldn't find the right project for it. That was until I was looking through my Pinterest boards and I discovered a cat project that I could easily reuse to make heating pads with!

The Project

Create A Cat Shaped Heating Pad

Idea From By Your Hands

Supplies Needed:

Cotton/ Flannel Fabric
Basic Sewing Supplies
Dry Rice/ Beans
Paper and Pens or Paper
Embroidery Thread
Sequins

Results

At first I was a little disappointed that there wasn't a set pattern to make the cat stuffies, but then I started drawing cats onto paper and I realized that I didn't need pattern. Here is the cat that I came up with:

After I had my cat pattern I cut out two pieces out. I used some leftover snuggle felt from Lyon's crib bumper. (Its white with with orange fish swimming around, which I think it fun to make a cat out of). I, then, stupidly sewed the two sides together.

Afterwards, I realized I needed to give my cat a face. I tried looking over the sample cats, but there really are no instructions for this project. So I was on my own. Luckily I have a bunch of sequins leftover from one of my projects and I simple stitch them into place. (And did my best to give them a proper cat iris!). And to finish up the face, I back stitched on a nose and a smile.