This tutorial will instruct you on how to make your Tunnel Bridge for small animals. Great for Sugar Gliders, Rats, Ferrets, Hedgehogs, Guinea Pigs & other small pets.

The tunnel makes a great place for your pet to play or sleep. Small animals like to climb, run through tunnels, and sleep. This design will do all of that.

The Tunnel Bridge for this instruction measures out as 8" x 15"

You can make this larger by adding a few inches to all sides or smaller by decreasing inches on all sides.

I use C-Links to attach the Tunnel Bridge inside the cage.

Supplies

Quilters mat

Rotary Cutter

Quilting ruler

Scissors

Sewing machine

Fleece Fabric

Step 1: Gather and Cut

Cut all of your fabric out first.

I use Fleece Fabric with all of my small pet projects. You could use a solid color or mix it up with prints and solids.

* Two cuts of 9" X 16" of fleece fabric or (one 9" X 16" solid and one 9" X 16" matching print)

* Two cuts of 10" X 12" of fleece fabric or (one 10" X 12" solid and one 10" X 12" matching print)

* Four cuts of 1" X 5" strips.

**The longer piece will be the bridge while the shorter piece will be your tunnel. **

Step 2: Start to Assemble

Take your 10' X 12" pieces of the Tunnel putting the right sides together. Sew your tunnel together on the long side.

(To determine which is the right side of the fabric, hold the fleece length way and lightly pull on the fabric. The edge will fold down towards the wrong side)

Step 3: Connect the Tunnel to the Bridge

Turn your Tunnel right side out. Now lay one piece of the Bridge down right side up. Center the Tunnel's short side with the Center of the Bridge's long side. Make a small fold in the Tunnel so the other side of the Tunnel matches up with the other long side of the Bridge.

(If you used solids and prints keep the prints together. When laying the print piece of the Bridge down, right side up, then lay the Tunnel short side on the Bridge, print side down).

Step 4: Adding the 4 Straps

Take each 1' X 5' strip, fold it in half right side out. Take 2 strips with the hoops facing inward on the short edge of the Bridge about 1\2 inches from the long edge. Pin the other two strips on the opposite side of the Bridge the same way.

Step 5: Finish the Bridge

Take your last long Bridge piece and pin it down over the top, right side facing down.

Sew around the outer edges of the Bridge leaving an opening about 3 to 4 inches on one short side of the Bridge. Trim the corners after sewing so the Bridge will have nice flat corners when turned inside out.

Step 6: Finish and Hang

Turn the Bridge right side out through the hole you left on one end. Pull lightly on the tabs to straighten out the corners. Sew the open hole shut with your machine or hand needle.