 Hey there, my name is Allison welcome to the tiny herd where we talk about everyday pet care for guinea pigs rabbits and other small pets Today's video is going to be part three in a series I am doing on how to make fleece cage liners for your guinea pig cages This is a five-part series. So if you missed the first two parts of this, they will be linked down below I highly recommend checking those out. So you are up to speed on where we are But in today's video, we are going to be cutting out all of the pieces that we need To make our liners. So we're gonna talk about what exactly we're going to make in this series I'm gonna show you guys how I make patterns for everything how I cut everything out and we're gonna get everything ready for sewing So let's go ahead and get started. All right So I'm gonna take you guys over to my cutting table here in a second and show you the patterns that I have cut out For making liners, but first let's talk about what we're actually going to be making during this series So what I'm going to be focusing on in this series is making an actual set of liners not beds and cozies I might do some future tutorials on that, but I really want to focus on the basics in this video So what I'm gonna be showing you guys how to make is cage liners for the bottom of your cage So for our purposes, I have two by five cages So I will be making two two by three liners for each cage I personally don't like to make liners bigger than two by four I just think it starts being really difficult and bulky harder to wash So I'm going to be making two liners for each one of my cages So I'm gonna be making six liners total all of them two by three size and then on top of that I'm going to be making some two by two square pads I'll be making some one by one pads to go under water bottles and under Tunnels and houses and that sort of thing and then I will be making some one by two pads as well So this will make a little bit more sense I think when I show you guys the patterns, but let's go ahead over to my cutting table and I'll show you guys Exactly what we're gonna cut out All right guys So we are over here at my cutting table and I have some patterns to show you guys so again I am making two by three liners for my cages so that they overlap for my two by five Cages so this is the pattern that I used to cut out my liners It is 35 by 48 inches and that gives me Enough room to cover the floor and then some extra so when you are deciding what size You need for your cage liners measure the length and the width of your cage Figure out how many inches that is and then I usually add like five to six inches onto that To account for the seam allowance for sewing it and then that also allows for some shrinkage in the wash That way I know that my the floor of my cage is always going to be covered I don't have to worry about it shrinking so much that it doesn't cover my cage So for my two by threes, I do make them 35 inches by 48 inches And then I do have a couple of other patterns here So I have a 12 inch by 12 inch square and I use this for making Cubes or my smaller pads, so I'm gonna show you guys how to make smaller pads using this and then I have one That is 20 inches by 30 inches This is what I use to make what I call my one by two pads. They're not actually one by two They're a little bit bigger than that, but this is the size that I just like to make them so that they're a little bit bigger So I have that one and then last I have one that is 30 inches by 30 inches And this is what I call my two by two, which it's not it's again a little bit bigger than a two by two But it's pretty close So that is what I like to do when I use these patterns what I do is lay them out on my fleece And then I just cut around it So that way I'm not trying to measure out my sizes every single time I have a piece that I can just lay on it and cut around you don't have to make pattern pieces Of course if you are just getting started making liners So what I would recommend doing is getting your ruler or tape measure whatever you're using Measuring out your first piece and marking it with your pen and then cutting that piece out And then I would take that piece that you've already cut out of your fleece and however many you need of that one piece So say you're making two liners Measure out on your fleece your 35 by 48 cut out that 34 35 by 48 piece of your fleece and then take that piece of fleece lay it out on your fleece again To cut around it so that you have two of the same size and you don't have to measure every single time if that makes sense So you guys will see how I lay these out and cut around them I'll show you guys that but I'm gonna go ahead and take you guys over to the floor and we're gonna cut out all our fleece All right, so the first thing that we are going to do is take our fleece and just spread it out lay it out on the floor I like to just find a big space and lay it out then I'm gonna take my pattern and Lay it out on top of the fleece Like I mentioned if you don't have a pattern then you would just measure out what size Liner you need it at this point and then go ahead and cut that out Then what you would do is take the first piece that you cut out and essentially use it the same way that I use my pattern You would just lay it down on the fleece to cut around to cut out the remaining pieces that you need This is just a little bit easier than measuring it out every single time because that can take a while Especially if you only have like a smaller ruler or yardstick. So I am just basically Spreading this out moving it around to cut out my liners I will mention that I Said when I first bought my fleece when I took you guys to Joanne's with me that I bought five yards I don't really know what I was thinking because five yards is not near enough to cover all Three of my cages when they are two by fives if you have one Cage set that you are making that is a two by four or two by five Then five yards would be plenty to get you liners pads and cozies But I am trying to make liners smaller pads Some smaller liners beds cozies cubes all those different things out of this one type of Fleece and I did not buy near enough So in this video, I'm not going to be cutting out every single thing that I said I was going to be but I'm cutting enough out to be able to show you guys how to sew this stuff And I will be buying more fleece so that I can finish out my cage sets But I just wanted to mention that it will probably look like I don't have near enough fleece And that is because I don't all right. So like I mentioned, I didn't have near enough fleece So what I ended up getting cut out of the beef fleece was four two by three liners one two by two liner Two one by two liners, and then I did get five 12 inch pads cut out of this and then actually with the remnants I was able to cut out a lot of different pieces for different cozies that I won't be showing you guys in this series But I really did end up getting as much as I possibly could out of this fleece And then I did order more so that is what I ended up being able to cut out Which is plenty for me to teach you guys how to do this But like I said, I will be ordering more fleece to finish out the entire cage set Next up. I am cutting out the liners that I need to be the backside of the two by three cage liners I am doing in the beef fleece I mentioned before that I like to do a pattern on the front and back of my actual cage liners for the floor of my cages This just saves space because I don't really use solid colored liners And I don't want to have a bunch of liners that have a solid color on the back since they take up so much space So you just will see me cut out the two by three liners here to go with the bee cage set Once I'm done with the two prints. I am moving on to the solid color fabric I am using this for the backside of the smaller pads and then also for cozies So in this video, you'll see me cut out the 30 by 30 for the two by two pad And then I also cut out a couple of the one by twos and some of the 12 inch squares Since I realized I didn't have enough fleece My goal was to make sure that I cut out the pieces that I needed to sew some liners and the smaller pads So that I could actually show you guys how to do this stuff for this series So you'll definitely get to learn how to make all of these things I am just not going to be able to make everything that I needed for my entire cage set But we will make it work and like I said, I ordered more fleece So I'm just going to go ahead and cut out all of these solid color and then we will move on to the U-Haul Last but not least I am cutting out the U-Haul pad So these don't come in yardage like fleece does it just comes as one pad So I have to buy multiple of these to make my cage set, especially this cage set with all of the cages So from this one pad, I ended up getting two two by three liners And then I did a two by two and then a couple of one by twos and some 12 inch pads So I obviously had to have more than one of these for this entire cage set But I did get everything cut out that I needed to show you guys how to make liners So that is what I am cutting out here guys. So here is where we are in the process So for this series, I'm focusing on making the bee print set But as I mentioned, I like to put a print on either side of my big liners that are on the floor of my cage So I did go ahead and cut out my ocean print as well Just so that I had it cut out because this will go on the back of the big two by three liners of the bee print And then between the two of these prints, I'm using this blue color as the solid on the back of my smaller pads and my cozies So like I mentioned, I realized that I did not buy near enough fleece for this particular set that I'm trying to do Again, if you were trying to just do one cage worth one two by five Cage worth of fleece the five yards that I bought would be perfectly fine But for making three cages Extra small pads cozies all of that five yards was not near enough for three cages So I just wanted to mention that this is what I was able to get out of the fleece that I bought So I have ordered more fleece ordered more you haul and this is where we are So in the next video, I will show you guys how I set this all up for Sewing and we will get sewing our liners. All right guys. So we have all of our pieces cut out So I'm gonna go ahead and end today's video here Make sure you are subscribed so you don't miss the rest of the series And again, I will link the first couple videos down below if you missed those But we have all of our pieces cut out The next step is going to be actually laying out and sewing our liners So if you guys enjoyed this video and found it helpful make sure to give it a thumbs up That really helps out my channel if you have any questions or comments Leave them down below and I will get back to you as soon as I can But thank you guys all so much for watching and I will see you in the next one. Bye