Traveling this summer with your pet? This no-sew bed is just the right size for your car or RV and will fit inside a 42″ kennel. It is washable, folds up for easy storage, and is oh-so cozy!
We weighed out all of our options and decided to purchase a travel trailer for our family. A giant 30′ trailer. After all, we have 5 kids (including a baby in a crib) and a dog! Everyone will have their own bed and their own personal space, including Toby. We have plans of traveling up and down the east coast while living there and are excited to always have a cozy place to stay after a long day of driving.
Our trailer is being custom built and will be ready at the end of the month. Then the work begins! Loading everything we will need for our trip, and making it our home away from home. I decided to make Toby a cozy travel bed. One that is washable and folds up to store when he’s not using it.
A nice no-sew fleece bed that is filled with standard pillows. It’s perfect on its own, but can also be used in his kennel*. Toby is a 60 lb. black lab so I made a large bed with 3 pillows inside. If your pup is smaller you can adjust the length and use 1 or 2 pillows.
I buy the inexpensive $2.50 pillows from Walmart for my kiddos. They were getting a little flat so I replaced them with new ones, and used their older ones for this project. Toby didn’t mind. After all, they were still in great shape and smelled like his best friends.
*Kennel size: 42 x 28 x 30 inches
No Sew (Washable) Travel Dog Bed
3 standard pillows
2 pieces of fleece (38″ x 60″)
1. Cut your fleece to size.
Fleece doesn’t fray so you don’t need of finish the edges of the slit.
You’ll now have a sandwich: fleece, pillows, fleece.
5. Cut a 5″ square out of each corner.
7. Tie each set of strips into a knot. Work your way around the entire bed, pulling the top layer of the strips tight so that it matches up with the bottom layer.
Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!
This is such a great idea. I absolutely love that it folds up for easy storage and moving. #client
OMGosh! Great idea. I will check Joanns for sales on fleece! We have 2 labs, one white, one black and a 30ft Airstream. This is solving a big problem for us. And they fold up!
Since it’s not sewn do the pillows bunch up together?
The pillows sit side by side in the dog bed cover. I haven’t had any issues with them moving around!
We just got a dog and I spotted this idea. It is perfect for a simple diy bed at home too so you can move it from room to room. What a great idea.
Thank you, Mary! It really has been such an affordable (and sturdy) solution!
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I love this idea! We recently purchased a travel trailer and our 8 year old lab goes camping with us too. It would be so nice to have a bed option for her that folds up and can be tucked away! I hate having to step over her big bed and maneuver it around the camper when we are out. Definitely going to try this and it’s great because I don’t sew that well!
Awesome! We use it in our RV and it works great! Easy to shake off outside to keep hair under control too in between washings.
I know this is an old post but, thank you for this. I did this for our dog for my room, so I don’t have to step over her XL bed with my short legs. I made 2 of these; 1 out of fleece and 1 out of heavy duty drop cloths. Our dog is a heater, so I choose the drop cloth to be a bit cooler for her in the warmer months.
Oh, that’s a great idea to use a drop cloth. Durable and not too hot! Glad it worked out well for you!
I have my nephew and his fiancé coming to visit with their two dogs plus I have a dog. I’m going to make one of these beds for each of my furry friends and of course I’ll make one for my puppy too😄 Since these fold so easy they can take them home or leave them here for family visits.
Thank you for this helpful “no sew” tip!
What a sweet gesture! I hope the doggies love them! 🙂
Do you wash it with the pillows inside or is there a way to remove the pillows before washing?
The pillows were pretty flat so I just washed it all together and dried it on HIGH!
Thank you
Thank you .
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