My dogs don't go in my sewing room, but I do alot of cutting in the kitchen and some sewing in the living room. When I was making baby quilts, I just made sure I washed them before giving them away. Its hard to keep family members out! lol

for a different perspective, if any of you sew for others, or plan to give a quilt away, be aware that some people can be so allergic to animal hair that even after washing there is enough animal dander left in a quilt to cause allergic reactions. I can imagine that cat fanciers have a hard time keeping their family members out of the room, but there may be a time...

Yes the thread and small scraps are very dangerous. One night my husband noticed my cat eating a small piece of yarn. He couldn't catch the cat before he ate it. The next day my cat was acting funny, hiding, wouldn't eat, etc.

I called the vet for an appointment and sure enough, my little mokie had an intestinal obstruction. He told me he wouldn't live long if he wasn't operated on. After the surgery and $500.00 later, my cat is fine. The vet gave me a plastic baggy and showed me the yarn he had eaten. It was over a yard long.

Every time I sew I am careful of what he can see and possibly eat.

Even if there is a little thread on the floor, he seems to have radar for it. It is very dangerous! But if I have a WIP he will find a way to lay on it.

Mine are the same way. All they do is sleep there. No playing, chewing, chasing, etc. Only sleeping.

When I hand quilt Mork likes to sleep under the quilt as I work. KC (the youngest) keeps trying to pull at the batting. Mindy wants to curl up in any project. We have a problem with Mork and plastic. Any kind- bags, wrappers, tags you name it if it's plastic he will eat it. You can always tell when he has gotten some. Surprizes on the floor. We try our best but that darn cat has built in radar to kind any kind of plastic.

I am extremely allergic to cats. My question is if you let your cats on your fabric and quilts do you tell the people you are giving them to that you have cats and they have been on the fabric?

Just curious.

Sybil

Any body that I know also knows that I have cats. I guess that I have just assumed that they would know that the cats could have been in touch with the quilt at some time.

I sew in a corner of my dining room. There are always cats around me. My quilting frame is in my bedroom and there are cats sleeping on that. OMG they are everywhere. :lol: :lol: :lol:

My two cats are in here....ALL the time!:lol: I cover my WIP with a sheet when I'm not working on it. The shelf that has fat quarters has a towel over it. I have to pick up needles/pins. I rather like them in here....as if I had any choice!! :? As for fur....it's all over the house. I REALLY try to keep it under control when I make something for others. And I ALWAYS wash anything for a baby before I give it to the parent/child.

I have a Persian who LOVES to open doors and drawers. She curlls her claws around the knobs or handles and pulls until she gets it open. then she climbs in and goes to sleep. I must have left one of my cabinets just slightly open. Yesterday I was searching the stash for a new quilt. I opened the cabinet and out she popped. Scared me half to death cause I didn't expect her to be there. The favorite spot is on the ironing board in front of the big picture window.

I keep several sticky rollers handy.

When my puppy, Sandy was a baby (five weeks old,her mama died) she was happiest climbing into my scrap box and pulling scraps out on the floor. Since she was so young, she seemed to "feel" the other puppies around her. Of course, my sewing room floor was a mess for several weeks till she found her bed was okay.