{"id":16896,"date":"2020-11-02T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sylaquiltartist.pl\/v1\/2020\/11\/02\/recycling-a-home-for-kitek\/"},"modified":"2020-11-02T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T08:00:00","slug":"recycling-a-home-for-kitek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sylaquiltartist.pl\/v1\/en\/2020\/11\/02\/recycling-a-home-for-kitek\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling- a Home for Kitek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today will be a bit unusual because it is all about the recycling of foam, also known as a sponge. We will<\/em>stick with calling it a sponge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some time ago my husband received a package in which the item he purchased was secured with a sponge. As you can see on the photo below, there was lot of it.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I am a type of person that we call \u201ca hamster\u201d meaning I do safe things for later just in case it might be needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That day finally came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my family, besides humans, I have two dogs Ares and Sara, two rabbits Latka and Pimpek and recently a cat called Kitek. Each one of them has their own home, these are two dog houses, and a den under the table. Unfortunately, the cat is homeless. So, I decided to change that. Using the sponges that<\/em> I had had stored away; I went to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sponge got a second life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, I made the bottom of the cat\u2019s house. I had to connect several pieces of the sponge together to get<\/em> the desired size. To do this, I used double sided adhesive tape that is normally used for carpets.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I love this tape.<\/p>\n\n\n

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To make the floor structure durable, I use two layers of the sponge. Of, course, I use the double-sided tape to keep them together.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Next, I started working on the side walls and the roof.   Everything was made using the sponge. In order to make them durable, I used two layers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I connected the sponges using the duct tape and glued them together with double sided adhesive tape.<\/p>\n\n\n

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When the sponge floor was ready, I covered it up with a soft flees and sewed it by hand. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Then I wrapped the walls and the roof.<\/p>\n\n\n

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When the bottom and the walls were ready, I connected them by hand stich.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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 Ta da! The cottage is almost ready. Only the back and the front walls.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The front and the back were cut out. Over here I used just one layer of the sponge. I covered it with flees and sewed by hand.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Now the most difficult part, connecting all the pieces together. I admit it was not easy. I am not able to tell you how many times I pricked in my fingers with the needle, even though I tried not to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cottage is ready. It just needs a soft pillow so Kitek is comfortable. Of course, made from the same<\/em> soft fleece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome Kitek.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It took only a few minutes for Kitek to move into his new house.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Finally, I no longer have any homeless pets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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