I posted this on facebook and will post it here too since it has to do with quilting.

Let me start off by saying that I love my dogs very much and don't know what I would do without them! But....I am very angry with one of them right now but I don't know which one to be mad at b/c I don't know which one did it! How to tell, I will have to watch them outside and see who the culprit is!

This is what one of them did....I started working on Bonnie Hunter's Star Struck pattern. Just taking some time and putting the blocks together and what not in between quilting. Well, last week I put them together to find that I only had 13 blocks. So I got more neautral and some of the others strips out of the pack and started sewing the strips together. Now...much to my hubbys dismay, I use our pool table as a design board. I had some of the blocks laid out and a few on another pile to intermix them due to having to use slightly different fabric for the new blocks due to the dilema I posted a couple days ago looking for a certain fabric. Well, one of them got some of the blocks off the table, don't know how, they are big dogs but still! One of them ate three of the blocks, they're missing...and another one is destroyed! So now out of the 13 I only have 9 left. I am going to have to cut some more b/c now I am still not going to get enough blocks for a lap quilt of Star Struck! Oh, boy, which one did it. Tomorrow should tell!

Kyia

I guess you might have to wait until the end...if you get my drift...lol.

My puppy was starting to steal my flannel fabric scraps I had. thankfully I put an end to that.

OH NO!!!! How awful :( I never gave it a thought that one of my fur babies would steal my blocks. :( Guess that makes it even better that I have a pet gate that I can keep closed to my sew cave

Oh I feel so bad for you. They both look guilty to me, hehe. If you really need to know, you'll just have to keep checking their...... On a more serious note, watch them for any signs of blockage. If they (he/she) starts vomiting, get to a vet quickly. Fabric can cause some real problems internally. How much did you think this quilt was going to cost????? Best of luck.
Wendy

:lol: Sorry for laughing, the culprit must be related to Tink...She is guilty of grabbing the end of a strip that is cut for on the quilt and walking out of the room with it. She does this all the time. If a square hits the floor, I better get to it before she does, or I will have to go into the Tink Cave to wrestle it from her. :lol: And yes, we have had to pull the fabric out, that is trying to exit...if you know what I mean... :lol:

Yes, I am keeping an eye on them. I think that I am going to give each of them their kong balls with some peanut butter them just to help move things along smoothly.

Kyia

One of my dogs has a thing for thread. Just loves to pull it off the spool. Doesn't eat it mind you, just ruins it. I've lost two or three brand new spools. Anyway, it was a great reminder for me to keep the door to my quilting room closed!

a friend of mine had a doberman that ... mmmmm ... passed a bra on a morning walk. she just kept walking as though she never saw it.

My blocks move all the time. I think I have cut enough squares/triangles etc and then go to sew and where the heck is that... I count recount.. nope recut more squares etc and days later things magically show up (sometimes MOONS later in the back of a closet) my kitty helpers are always up and willing to assist. Especially rearranging layouts of blocks. I apparently know nothing about arrangements. Ask them.

In December, I made one of those wonderful fabric ornament balls. You know the one I mean with squares of fabric and LOTS of pins? Well...... come down one morning and there is styrofoam, fabric and pins all over my living room rug!!! We have three dogs, including our sons's puppy and I'm pretty sure which one did it! We cleaned up the mess and really watched the puppy for a couple of days to make sure she didn't injest pins and end up with issues. I feel your pain....
Don't you just love em!? Errrrrggh :x :evil:

I'm glad my dog is outside, and my sewing room door is always closed. Sorry this happened.

This post is making me so happy that my dog does not like quilting!!!

Oh No!!! I can imagine your frustation and worry over your dog's "passing the fabric" I hope it comes out ok!!!

My dog hasn't gone after my fabric yet, but got into some foam ear plugs we had in our bedroom. She ate about 16 ear plugs. Luckily I caught her and called the vet right away so they could tell me what to do. She's only a 12lb Bichon so that many would be dangerous. We've also found "evidence" that she ate the kids' crayons. Dumb dogs! Gotta love em!

If I was a betting woman I would put my money on the golden retriever :mrgreen: :roll:

One of my goldens has been eating everything from socks to underwear since he was 5 mo old (he's the one in my avatar and he just turned 4 yrs old). We are all super careful about keeping these objects out of his reach but with small kids in the house there are bound to be mistakes made. So far, so good....he either poops them out or throws them up.

Can't wait to hear how things "came out" :roll:

Sew sorry to hear about your loss! I do not like having to remake blocks. I have 2 dogs who watch me quilt, kind of. The big one gets under by my feet when I am at the machine, or lays in the pathway to the ironing board so I have to step over him. The little one sits in my chair with her head on the arm with big buggy eyes watching my every move. I live alone and have my sewing machine set up in my living room so I can watch TV and be in the most comfortable room!

My kitties love socks. They occasionally like to help me with quilting, but after our new kitten decided my fabric pile was a new litter box, I have banned them from my sewing room and my fabric room. They are SO not allowed to even come visit me right now when I am sewing.


I actually have never heard of a dog eating fabric. Yikes.

I'm sorry that your blocks got eaten!! I try to keep my dogs out of my sewing area (yea, right) I have three Labradors. Last year one of them ate my wool "Blue Star" Wall hanging I had made to hang in the window while my daughter was deployed to Iraq. I'm not sure which one did it but I have an idea....

Oh gosh--if it was a horse who did that, I'd have to call the vet. Our dog is so very good compared to these stories. Her treats are in an open container on a bottom shelf 100% in her reach and she doesn't touch them. Funny--the only bag she ever got into was her Christmas gift--a bag of rolled rawhides. She knew it was hers. :wink: She's always been easy. Whew!

I'm putting my $ on the Husky. Look at the face, "what me". Our black lab/mix ate my daughter's favorite sock many years ago. We didn't know until we took her for a walk-- OMG.

Well as a mother to a German Shepherd (aka German Shedder) I can understand. Every once in a while Miss Annie is a bit bent out of shape and I come home to find something chewed up. Usually it is my bedding. I have learned not to put any linens on my bed that mean something to me or were expensive.

tigger: OH NO!!!! How awful Guess that makes it even better that I have a pet gate that I can keep closed to my sew cave.

this is so weird. I was thinking of this very thing this morning...about pets getting a piece of one of my projects. I have a dog in the house for the very first time and she is always looking for something interesting to play with.

butterflywing: a friend of mine had a doberman that ... mmmmm ... passed a bra on a morning walk. she just kept walking as though she never saw it.:roll:

ouch! ouch!

It is so hard to try to figure out. I would bet the golden too b/c she is spitefull like that. But the Husky/Shepard mutt has had fabric that my hubby had to ....hhhhggghhmm...help out in the yard shall we say.

I gave them some PB in the kong ball earlier and will go out with them in the am and will give them some more PB then too. I just pray that they are both ok.

But hopefully I will know who the little (big) stinker is in the am.

Kyia

But they both look so innocent. LOL Sorry. I know it isn't funny, but look at them. The are so cute. :roll: :roll: :roll: Who me???

I had a cat that ate some ribbon. It ended up being some very expensive ribbon. It got stuck in her intestine and fortunately it passed but not until $$ later.

I feel for you! Watch for signs of a blockage-lack of appetite, lethargic, etc. Our 1/2 golden was horrible about eating things that she should not have.....DD's thong undies was a favorite-not the cheap ones-the favorites were the ones from Victoria Secret -(these passed or she threw them up), OB tampons out of a suitcase-that was a trip to the vet and they made her throw them up, string off an area rug (that was x-rays, surgery, over night at the vet) because it caused a blockage. Love her to pieces!! Good thing because she has been expensive $$$. Riley has been better now that she has "grown up". Good luck!

I pity people who have never been owned by a pet! Look at what "comedy" they're missing! As for who did the deed, you might try looking for thread between their teeth! :) :) :)

Sorry to hear that! but the avatar picture expressions are priceless "she's telling porkies about us, you know!"
I have to watch one of mine (the standing one on the left).
He just loves to pinch fabric. I even have to keep the rubbish bin off the floor cos he will go into it. And if he gets some batting to make a nest in, he's in heaven!

Ha Ha Butterflywing!... My sister had a Cocker Spaniel that I thought was in serious need of a vet one day, she had something red protruding from her nether region.... it was a red balloon! thank Goodness for the rubber gloves, that thing snapped out like a rubber band! I wonder if it was a balloon animal when it went in? She ate my mothers dentures too, naughty dog.

It's a good thing we love our dogs. I now have another issue with one of mine. I was using the needle threader on my sewing machine last night when the needle unexpectedly lowered. My little sweetheart walked across the foot pedal. The result- the little hook that goes through the needle is now out of alignment and doesn't work. No big deal, I should be able to thread a needle. Last night I discovered just how bad my eyesight is now that I'm getting older.

I have two stories about Gus ( the schnauzer) and my quilting. When he was a puppy he loved threads that I had been using... oils from my hands maybe... and once he grabbed a thread that had a needle attached. About three days later he got really sick, straining and shivering. Vet visit revealed the needle about two inches away from coming out... $800.00, four days and a major surgery later he came home.

Fast forward 9 years...

This winter I spilled some pepsi in the sewing room and grabbed some scraps of batting to wipe it up. Tossed the scraps in the garbage and thought no more about it. Yep you guessed it. `Plimmed him up`like a cork in a wine bottle! Four cans of pumpkin later we got him to pass the offending pieces.

In our family now when someone eats too much and gets a tummy ache one of us will say, `That`s what you get for being such a Gus!

Great day!! Our last dog - a precious Boykin Spaniel - lived 14 years, and we never had a problem. But now since we are retired and have no one to keep a dog for us so we can travel some, we just enjoy our friends' dogs!! And all these messages make me so happy that we don't have a dog!!! When I think of the money I could spend on sewing machines instead of vets, I just grin!!!
But I love pets, too!!!

Well no evidence recovered so far in who did the deed. Will have to check tomorrow. They had some more peanut butter in the Kong's today. But I better becareful b/c maybe they will put two and two together and = eat fabric get yummies! Dugan hid behind the pool table today and looked at me with a very guilty face when I asked if he was the bad doggie? I really hope it doesn't cause a problem for them b/c surgery will be too much from the stories you ladies are sharing.

Kyia

My guys want to taste everything I sttich up...even hiding doesn't help. they visit fabric room and steal what ever they can and hide it in their crates. Have even had help 60+ lbs on my shoulder as i try to sew...cats were easier sewing companians, just put a chair next to me and they would sit & purr...any ideas you come up with please let me know.

:-D I just can't quit laughing at this one! That's hilarious.

Cindyg

I laugh every time I think about this! Too funny. Not to get raunchy but I hope the owner isn't big busted! :-)

LOL - QB

OH Please!!! Look at the darling faces!!! Must be one of the two legged residents of your house!! Did you ask your husband????
They don't look like they have EVER done anything wrong!!
hahahahahahahahahaha
Signed Aunt Doggie, mother to two Poms

Oh, what a situation!

My Toby is a husky/shepherd mix (80 lbs). The one thing I used to be able to count on was his companionship while I spent long restless nights piecing blocks.

He never tried to take anything. He spent many hours under the sewing table near my feet while I sewed.

He was and is jealous of my time playing with the noise-maker threadbanger. However, he can no longer use the stairs down to the basement sewing room. I quit sewing because I could hear him stumbling about upstairs looking for me.

I ended up getting an inexpensive second portable machine to sit at the end of a small table in the livingroom where he can visit me often, even if only for a few minutes at a time. The saleslady laughed and looked at me funny when I said I was buying a sewing machine for my dog. I am a 6ft. 2in. tall, 200 lb. guy with a beard. Made an interesting image in her mind, I guess.

It has been a hard winter for us both, he just tottered in to check on me for a minute. I am going to miss him.

I will never again complain about my girls (mini doxies) taking the scraps out of the trash and scattering them all over the house.