We have always had a cat, our latest of eight years is polydactyl and each paw has min. Two extra toes. He can open anything! Anyway, he loves my fabric, loves sitting on quilts while I work on them, etc. He has never damaged a quilt and mine are everywhere even left behind one the floor if the kids forget to pick them up. Between the cat and the dogs they will snuggle into anything. I have to laugh as I am looking at my little corgi/chihuahua cross curled up in her bed and she has a scrap of fabric in there with her. Anyway, back to the cat, he scratches wood and carpet only, the quilts he just snuggles.