Bedding Make a Piggy BedSpread

You really only need one layer of each.

One layer of each. Ok thanks. Can you wash it all as one piece? Or would it be easier to keep them separate from each other for washing?

It's my understanding that zorb shouldn't be washed alone. It's designed to be between two layers. I would sew a layer of each all together. It should wash fine and would be a lot easier to change. You may even want to quilt it to prevent the middle layer from shifting.

what is Zorb?

Thank you! That is what I needed to know. I think that this will be a good set up for my cage. For corner spots should I double layer fleece or Zorb? My pig really likes those spots!

You can double the zorb in corners, or sew a smaller fleece pads with zorb that you can remove when needed.

Removable pads sounds like a good idea. One in each corner and under water bottle. Then just take out when wet. Thanks!

K.K.B.B. said:

Removable pads sounds like a good idea. One in each corner and under water bottle. Then just take out when wet. Thanks!

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If you are going to make removeable pads for the corners and under the water bottom you can make enough extra to change them out half way in between the weekly cage cleaning.

That is where the idea came from. Want it cheaper though.

For a mattress pad, which is better? Water proof or all cotton? Another company/store is fine also.
Water Proof:Walmart.com: Quiet Comfort Waterproof Mattress Pad: Bedding
Cotton: Walmart.com: 250-Thread Count Luxury Cotton Mattress Pad: Bedding

What is Zorb?

Sorry for the double post, but watching her video of the components of the Piggy Bedspread (video was down when I made this thread), she doesn't use a mattress pad. She uses Fleece, Zorb, and a barrier fabric (?). Is that like the Procare stuff they sell on Wazoodle? I might buy one from her to use as a model to make more!

Yes, the procare would be the barier fabric. The mattress pad to go with would be the 250 count luxury Cotton.

Just because she uses a barier fabric to make her bedspreads doesn't you have to make it exactly the same way that she does.

I know, just though that a mattress pad might leak, hence the barrier fabric.

I use fleece sewed to a mattress pad, and that's all. It lays on the coroplast, and I never have any wetness pooled anywhere on the pad.

I do have small corner litter pans that I made fleece pads for, and I sprinkle just a little aspen in those. I do that because mine were litter trained on aspen when I got them, and I didn't want to upset the apple cart. I'm gradually reducing the amount of aspen in the pans, but do plan to leave the pans there since mine are accustomed to them, and that's where they do most of their peeing.

One word of warning -- wash the fleece several times with HOT water before you use it, as it will continue to shrink a little each time you wash it for several washings. Or, cut it a little bigger than you want it to eventually end up, and just let it shrink.