Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments! I do have two cats - sisters -- they are almost fully grown now but still fairly small. The inpsector you see in the picture comes running when she hears my machine - and I AM afraid one day she will reach out to grab the moving needle. I can't lock them out the because my sewing "room" is actually 1/2 the family room and has no door - so I just stop why I am doing and move her. the other is more standoffish and could care less - as long as we feed her. I did finish that quilt and the recpient really loved it. Some day I WILL make one for me. Not just yet though.lol