I don't have a cat, but I have a conure (small parrot) who likes to help?? in the sewing room, if he is not attacking me when I am cutting fabric, he loves the orange color on my rotary cutter, then he is sitting on the ironing board right beside the iron, don't know why he doesn't burn himself, or else he is sitting on my sewing table watching me sew and pulls off the little red button that removes my presser foot. I finally had to leave it off and just use my finger on that sharp button to change my feet.
But I love him anyway. When he gets into too much trouble, I just put him in a cage that I keep especially in my sewing room just for him.