My pesty kitties and work surfaces
#83
Hey Debbie I love your idea about how to keep the kitties off your sewing things. LOL LOL Now my problem is when I am sewing my little Bandit gets under my sewing machine and I don't know he's there until I start to get up and then trip over him. Can't seem to stop him for getting under there, he has to be where I am at all the time. But thats alright I would be lost with out him.
#84
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I have beachtowels I spread one on the ironing board, one on my waist high cutting table and the last one on my small table behind my sewing machine. I have 2 cats and they love laying on these areas whether I am there or not. This eliminates all the hair that gets everywhere on those places.
#85
Good Luck. My kitty is my sewing partner. When I am sewing she is right there. Actually she is where ever I am all the time. My sewing machine is in the corner, with windows on both sides. She lays up against my sewing machine and watches the birds outside. When I do chain piecing she loves to play with the strips coming out the back. We also have a game we play. When I get up to do some pressing at the ironing board she immediately gets in my chair. I put her down only to have her do it again the next time I get up. If she is not the way and not causing problems I love having her with me. Also I buy lint rollers in bulk at Costco.
#86
Originally Posted by mhansen6
Good Luck. My kitty is my sewing partner. When I am sewing she is right there. Actually she is where ever I am all the time. My sewing machine is in the corner, with windows on both sides. She lays up against my sewing machine and watches the birds outside. When I do chain piecing she loves to play with the strips coming out the back. We also have a game we play. When I get up to do some pressing at the ironing board she immediately gets in my chair. I put her down only to have her do it again the next time I get up. If she is not the way and not causing problems I love having her with me. Also I buy lint rollers in bulk at Costco.
#87
Our 2 cats really like to be around us, whatever we are doing. Our current cats don't care to be right on the sewing machine, but if the table has the leaves opened up, they like to be on there. That's ok with me. I usually put a small baby quilt of theirs up for them to sleep on and that keeps them off the "current" project.
So if you can handle having them in the room with you, then i think, aside from the other suggestions here, my best advice is to make a space for them that is just as comfy as the work you have in progress. It has to have batting and your scent on it. You may be able to make certain areas within the sewing room "off limits" (like the ironing board or rotary mat) so they don't get hurt, by using the water bottle.
For cat lovers, check out youtube's Simon's Cat videos. You have to smile! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s13dLaTIHSg
So if you can handle having them in the room with you, then i think, aside from the other suggestions here, my best advice is to make a space for them that is just as comfy as the work you have in progress. It has to have batting and your scent on it. You may be able to make certain areas within the sewing room "off limits" (like the ironing board or rotary mat) so they don't get hurt, by using the water bottle.
For cat lovers, check out youtube's Simon's Cat videos. You have to smile! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s13dLaTIHSg
#88
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Originally Posted by blzzrdqueen
I have 4 cats, all of whom like to lay on top of high surfaces, like tables and ironing boards. I make them shoo off of these surfaces several times daily. My sewing room is my dining room, and I have my mini ironing board and my cutting mat and my box of current fabrics on my table and my sewing machine on a smaller desk. I'm forced to wipe down my surfaces and lint roll my ironing boards and I'm simply too lazy to put things away. How do you keep your kitties off work surfaces and ironing boards and where ever else they may lay?
One thing you might try is providing them a space to lie and making it comfy with pillows and old blankets. I've sprinkled dry catnip on those surfaces to attract them, and that has worked sometimes.
#90
Originally Posted by nwm50
Cute Debbie!!
(1) Moth balls (2)spray them with water only when they're on the no-no's
these are worked for mine
Cats don't like moth balls....can remove from area once they shy away from it.
(1) Moth balls (2)spray them with water only when they're on the no-no's
these are worked for mine
Cats don't like moth balls....can remove from area once they shy away from it.
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