DIY Fleece Forest With How To Steps

[mrsw0nka]

So I was feeling creative, and after making two new cage liners i thought i would use some left over fleece for a forest!
I thought I would post on here for anyone wanting easy steps to make their own, it literally took me about 5 minutes.

1. Cut out fabric how long you want to fit the cage or corner, and how high you want to make it. Mine was about 30cm long and however wide the fabric happened to be.


2. Fold over the fabric along the long side of the fabric and sew, leaving enough to thread through some string or whatever you will use to hang the forest with.


3. Cut out the roof fabric the same length, and i made mine a little wider just because the fabric happened to be that shape. Sew the two together along where the string is, as that is the top.


4. Cut strips out of the bottom/hanging part for the forest!


5. Make holes in the two corners of the roof fabric to hang the fleece up, or you can just peg it!

Done!


You can make the roof a triangle to fit a corner, i left mine as it was as i can now move it around and it is more versatile

I hope this makes sense and if anyone makes their own, please post a picture for me to see!

 

[twiams]

I’ve been making hammocks similar to this for my piggies but they’ve recently taken to chewing it, so it’s been confiscated! Naughty pig pigs. Great guide though i’m sure it will help lots of people !

 

[mrsw0nka]

I’ve been making hammocks similar to this for my piggies but they’ve recently taken to chewing it, so it’s been confiscated! Naughty pig pigs. Great guide though i’m sure it will help lots of people !

Oh no! I currently have a corner hammock for them upstairs but no one has ventured up there yet, i originially had it for my chinchilla who had nibbled it, I am sure the pigs won't mind some previous nibbles on it!

How do you reinforce the part where you hang the hammock up? Since they will have weight in them? If you know what i mean?

 

[twiams]

I sew mine together with some mattress protector in between two layers of fleece (gives the wee somewhere to soak through too instead of keeping the fleece damp) and I sew little loops on to each corner then I bought some little clips from Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DIV4JF0/ref=oh_details_o08_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 that i loop through my sewn on loops and simply hang. It works quite well, although i made one before without the mattress protector and just using the two layers of fleece and sewing two string bits of fleece at each corner so it can be tied up, but i find the clips are a lot easier