Bad Kitty really is cute, and I have to admit I've never seen a cat on top of a sewing machine. One cat I had liked to lie down behind the sewing machine and occasionally bat the needle going up and down - that's when she was relocated. I hand quilted only one quilt, putting it on top of our old DR table so it wasn't on me during the hot weather, Mischief would lie on the quilt and then occasionally bat at my hand when I was quilting. My current kitty TJ, just likes to lie on my quilts and when it gets chilly and I cover myself with a quilt, she always goes underneath the quilt where it's toasty warm. Our pets bring so much joy into our lives, what's a fw cat hairs on a quilt.