How to Make a Cover for a Parakeet Cage

You love your little parakeet, and your pet is fun to watch, but come nighttime, the show is over and your bird will want to sleep without an audience. A parakeet cage cover will serve this purpose well. In addition, it will keep your fine-feathered friend warm and safe from drafts. You can purchase a parakeet cage cover, or you can make one. If you prefer the latter, let the steps below show you how to do it.

Things You'll Need

  • Sewing machine
  • Large table
  • Tape measure
  • 1-½ yards of quilted fabric, 45 inches wide
  • 6 yards of lace ruffling (optional)
  • ¾ yard of trimming
  • Thread to match fabric
  • 2 small round sets of Velcro
  • Scissors
  • A box of straight pins
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Instructions

    • 1

      Take tape measure and measure from one end of the parakeet cage to the other end, going over the top of the cage with the tape measure. Write down the measurement (for example: 45 inches).

    • 2

      Lay the quilted fabric face down on the table and using your pen, draw a vertical straight line 45-inches long. Measure 22 ½-inches from the center of the line, horizontally, and mark the distance with the pen on the wrong side of the fabric.

    • 3

      Draw a semi-circle, starting at one end of the 45-inch line, connecting it at the 22-½ inch marked point, and continuing to the other end of the 45-inch line.

    • 4

      Cut the semi-circle out, following the line drawn.

    • 5

      Using the bottom of a coffee mug to measure with, draw a small semi-circle at the center of the straight edge of the large semi-circle, on the wrong side of the fabric, and cut it out.

    • 6

      Take your two large semi-circles and face the right side together. Pin along the straight edge, up to the small semi-circle. (Note that half of the straight edge will remain open).

    • 7

      Sew ¼-inch in from the edge of the pinned fabric.

    • 8

      Pin trimming along edge of small semi-circle.

    • 9

      Sew trimming in place.

    • 10

      Turn fabric under ¼-inch along both open straight edges and then sew close to the edge.

    • 11

      Pin lace ruffling to bottom of parakeet cage cover.

    • 12

      Sew lace ruffling in place.

    • 13

      Sew Velcro to the open edges of the parakeet cage cover, positioning one of the sets of Velcro at the top of the open straight edge, and the other set halfway down the open straight edge.

    • 14

      Drape the parakeet cage cover over the cage, and hold in place by sticking the Velcro together to keep the cover closed.