I must be lucky. My cat doesn't bother anything in my quilting room. She may come in when I'm quilting, but then leaves and lays outside the door. I made her a small quilt for the couch and she seems to know that is hers. Once she did cozy up in my daughters quilt that I was quilting, but I think only because I had to leave it under the machine. It took several days to quilt (queen). Now when I'm sitting at the computer or watching TV, she demands to be on my lap.