doowopddbop

My cat Fifi just passed away last month, and when I made a slideshow of her pictures, I realized that she too was a quilt cat, always hanging out in the sewing room with me. I would have to shoo her off the batting under my longarm machine...

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sunkistmi

I have to laugh. As I am sitting here reading the posts, I know it's not sewing, but my little 19 day old foster baby is sitting on my lap watching the screen. I think he can see the pointer moving and just can't quite figure it out. The other resident three kitties tend to want to supervise when I'm sewing. There have been several times when I have started to move the piece and found it VERY heavy. Sometimes I have found them under the folds. I definately would tell someone who was getting a quilt that didn't know me that I had cats. I wouldn't want to be the cause of any allergic reaction. At that point, it would be their decision to accept or decline the quilt. Fortunately, I have not encountered the problem. My guest is also used as the foster kitty nursery so I also let people know if they are staying here. Plans are in works to take DS's room for the kitty nursery since he isn't home much anymore. He can use the guest room when he comes. The last litter really did a number on the mahogany finish. My first kitten was playing with some yarn and somehow got it wrapped around the bottom of a table then around his neck. I found him hanging. He seemed OK but DH said maybe some of his "problems" came from being oxygen deprived. I keep everything like that off the ground now, I don't want to take any chances, especially with the number of little ones I have around. I only know that I would be lost without them. They make me laugh, cry, sleep less, and lose myself in wonder at the things they do. Our furbabies love us and we love them. Could we do anything less?
Until they all have home,
Wendy B

adrianlee

I have Annie, she is a gray kitty that came to live with us almost 2 years ago. She was a stray. I keep my snips and loose threads picked up, also the pincushions are a no-no and kept out of sight when I'm not sewing. Sometimes Annie is like a 2-year old human to have around, snooping into everything. Annie is also quilt inspector.

meemersmom

Even if I tried to keep mine out, they would find a way in, or rattle the door so loudly I would open it for them. I am also vigilant about keeping threads and small bits of fabric cleaned up (I have a small covered basket on the table) so no one has access to them. I've been working to get a couple of quilts ready for a show, and got lots of help attaching the binding. I thought you all might enjoy a photo of two members of my quality control department hard at work. Nothing leaves my workroom without being thoroughly tested (and then washed, of course) for its nap-worthiness!! This photo is of Binky Marie and Bobbo. Sewing on a binding with an extra 15 or so pounds attached to a quilt is no easy feat!!

Joanie2

I also have 2 cats and I use my bed to lay out blocks so I have to shoo them out occasionally. When I iron a top they try to lay on whatever hangs on the floor. They also like to lounge on my large cutting surface because it faces the window and they can look at the birds. The only bad part is when I am trying to cut and a tail swishes back and forth. I tell them one of these days they will become bob-tailed but they want me to know they want some undivided attention and they aren't going away anytime soon. If I close them outside my sewing room they stick their paws underneath the door and try to open it. There's no winning for me so I just learn to live with it. I do have quilts across the back of my couches that they love to sit on. I pick up enough cat hair on a daily basis to create a new kitten!

virtualbernie

I have 3 black cats so cat fur is evident on everything I do. I also keep plenty of sticky rollers around. My cats don't eat thread but I do have to hide all our flip flops! They were getting sick all over the house before we realized/saw the mangled flip flop. I have also caught My Sam trying to chew on the metal thread guides on my serger!

bstanbro

I worried about my cats sleeping on my ufos, but my cats are so clean that the fabric is probably worse off for me touching it than it is for anything they might do. I didn't like my cat rubbing against my hand when I'm cutting though, so I made her a bed out of some old pillows and a scrap of fleece. She didn't like it at first, but then I got some dried catnip and sprinkled it over the fleece. Now she loves it and she stays off my projects. I call it "kitty cocaine."

lynsue

My cat decides it has to be involved. It chooses to either lay on what I'm working on, or be invlolved in whatever I'm doing. It's a younger cat that kept my older cat happy that "really didn't care" about my quilting. I've learned to live with this cat's interest in my quilting since he was a wondeful companion to my older cat prior to his demise.

Linda

zz-pd

my kitties stay away from my sewing stuff, so no car hair for me. Penny

Quiltmaniac

We lost our 17-year-old cat, Chester, just before Christmas. I would love to have a cat leaving hair everywhere again (a trip to the shelter is not far off in my future!).

The shop were I will be taking my latest quilt to be quilted asks that if pets have been around a quilt, please run it through the dryer (on low or air-only) to get rid of any hair and dander. Seems reasonable to me since the quilter may be allergic to cats or dogs.