burchquilts

OMG! That is just too, too cute for words!

sewmom

Flylady has a rubba scrubba for $4.95 and the bristles are very soft, but it really picks up the hair! It works better than the vacuum. I also put a sample quilt on my chairs, so if someone wants to sit there, i can just whisk it off. The rubber brush is amazing.

feline fanatic

This is my routine as well. Up until February I had 4 longhaired cats, (unfortunately one passed away unexpectedly ) a short haired cat and a long haired dog. The cats are the primary offenders as the dog isn't allowed up on furniture so her hair doesn't seem to get on them as much. The damp wash cloth then the sticky tape roller work well for me too. But it is an ongoing process. When I am handquilting a quilt I go through the dehairing process everytime I move my hoop then I do a final big one. Oh and one more thing I use in my final dehair is contact paper. The stuff you line cupboard shelves with. You can find it Walmart, usually in the housewares section. It is super sticky and is like 24" wide. I usually bring my quilt to work and use the conference room table on my lunch hour. I spread the quilt out over the huge meeting table and cut off sections of the contact shelf paper large enough that I can handle. I put it sticky side against the quilt, smooth it out with my hands and peel off. Repeat as necessary. I do this AFTER washing the quilt once it is completed. I only go through this process for quilts I have handquilted that I am gifting or showing. The ones I longarm don't get as hairy because my LA studio is forbidden to all of my 4 footed furry kids.

Sorry to hear you had such a bad stretch there. Hopefully you are well on your way to being on the mend and ok.

CarrieC

I use rubber gloves. You know the kind that we used to use to wash dishes? I put one on my hand and rub it on the surface. The fur tends to roll up and you can pick it right off. When I'm done I use a damp cloth/rag and then finally finish up with some type of a lint roller type of item. I think I get 98% of the hair off this way. I use this on fabric/quilts and FURNITURE (Including my two white wingback armchairs that my cat is positive are his).

Rose Marie

WOW. I only pay $3.50 for the Pledge double roller with the hair catcher clear plastic top. When it fills up if your careful you can remove one roller and pull out the hair and reuse it.
This device is wonderful, I use it on my furniture and cat posts, it really works and better than a vacumn.

maryfrang

I found a furnture sweeper at the store. It cost about $5 and is reusable. It worked great. I think it was made by Swifter. Good Luck.

MamaHen

Just put the quilt in the dryer on fluff no heat for about 20 minutes, you'll be amazed how much hair comes off.

nana2madmax

We have 2 cats who loooove to help me quilt. When this happens, I use the Pledge roller to remove most of the cat hair they shed for "extra" warmth, then wash and dry the quilt. (Dry on low). Comes out greaat every time.

MarthaT

Can you just tumble it in the dryer on air fluff? (Maybe your quilting isn't done enough to handle that tumbling yet.)

Snooks

SHAVE THE CATS!!!! - O Sorry wrong question. What about a DAMP (NOT wet), washcloth. I've had to use this before. Good luck, but it's nice to know that your so LOVE (remember your work smelled like you and the your fur kids missed you).