I'm always mystified when I see a "for sale" ad (here or elsewhere) stating that the animals aren't allowed in the sewing room. How do you keep them out?

If I tried to keep my cats out of the room, I'd hear nothing but wailing and scratching! They have the full run of the room and often try to help.

My avatar likes to supervise my ironing and help the thread move off the spool as I sew. She likes to squeeze under the closed cabinet and make sure the foot control is OK. My other cat just likes to lay on the chair.

I have dogs. They come in every once in a while but have been trained to know what "go Away" means

My cats like to be involved in every aspect of quilting. In fact, one of them grabbed 3 pearl headed pins from the magnetic holder today and took off running with them! They would have a fit if I locked them out.

Hubby just gave me a chee-wawa puppy...too lazy to check the spelling right now. Her name is Lucy and she loves my sewing room. She tries to steal anything she can get ahold of and stash it in her bed. Couldn't keep her out anymore than I can keep Hubby or kids out.

I don't sew in a room but in a nook at the top of the stairs and my dog comes upstairs with me and hangs out while I sew. Sometimes he "helps" by trying to eat all the little snippets of fabric that hit the floor :roll: but most of the time he just makes sure the throw rug isn't getting away :lol:

Susan

The dog knows he can't come in my sewing room. So he lays across the door way and keeps the cat from coming in. The door is shut when I'm not in the room.

My dog likes to lay under my sewing table when I'm working in the room- which is fine unless she gets comfortable before I start using the foot pedal- then she grumbles at me when she has to move LOL.

All my cats (9) have to test anything and everything I make, the Chihuahuas just want to be loved and held while I try and sew. I have learned to at least keep my spools of thread and bobbins in a safe place.

My room doesn't have any doors. The kitty comes in and she likes to sleep in my sewing chair while I am on the computer. Otherwise she doesn't get into anything in here. Weird, I know. But she just doesn't. She doesn't sleep on the fabric or anything. Well, once in awhile she will try to eat a thread from the trash. But I cover them now.

My oldest cat (15yrs) will come in at regular intervals & squawk at me in his part-Siamese big mouth. So I finally made a bed for him by my chair. Now he peacefully snores away while I sew uninterrupted.

They aren't allowed to free roam on the furniture, but I know they have been on the dining table when I'm not home to investigate my projects. This I know because I had to redo a baby quilt I had laid out & ready to begin sewing. Which they gave me their opinion on by rearranging it for me in what they thought was a better design. :D

I have one small poodle(Molly), and since I quilt in the living room she is with me.

I love my cats and dogs and they are welcome anywhere in our house. In fact I have dog beds in my sewing room that are occupied by both species. Okay you got me, I too sometimes lay in one of those beds with a pet.

Trudy follows me everywhere. She has a bed upxstairs and a bed downstairs along with toys on both levels. She goes where she wants, and rarely bothers me when I am sewing - unless she wants to go out

That spelling looks great in my book, of course I have always been spelling challenged. During spelling tests I had the words spelled on my blotter. Does that show my age?

My sewing room is in the basement and no I don't let the cats down there, much as they want to. I also sew for profit so I can't have cat fur on customer's garments and curtains.

I finally gave up and put the bean bag footstools under the table so they can lay close to me. Sometime though the cats will go by and reach up and smack my arm just to let me know they are still there.

They go where they want or you could hear them a mile away with their caterwauling.

Since they are home more than me, they let me in to feed and adore them...they tolerate me and DH.

My dog supervises my sewing. Sometimes she punctuates the movie I have on with snores. She has to move every time I move to cut, or iron, or use the machine. Sometimes she supervises from the hallway when she gets tired of all the moving.

i allow my cats in my upstairs studio but not in my downstairs studio.

my stash is kept downstairs and i do all client work downstairs.

when i'm doing my own work i do it upstairs.

My catbeast helps by sitting in the middle of whatever I'm doing. He also knocks things off the desk or table when he decides I'm done with it. He's just keeping my workspace clear...

goodness no, i don't let mine in. i have 3 cats now. my earlier cat, we lost at 17 years, had evidently eaten a tiny, tiny bit of poly batting and started throwing up everything. he ended up getting a barium enema and x-ray and another enema to get rid of the barium.
so my 3 stay out. i have a bi-fold door and have to put a gallon of distilled water in front of it to keep them from opening it. but they behave and wait for me.

idk! I can't take the screeching if I shut the door!! I have tried to keep my cat out (big persian) but he will have none of it!! He does however keep the dog out! :D

My 2 little dogs know they don't come in. They get enough attention, so they just curl up in the chair in the LR and go to sleep.

Sounds as if we have a lot of softie pet-parents here.

For those who sew for clients, better safe than sorry - can you imagine delivering a big job and having your client start wheezing and sneezing?!?!?!?!

Enjoyed the stories!

the dog is not allowed upstairs- in any of the rooms. We have a baby gate to keep her in the kitchen and family room. When I move to the basement, she won't come down there because she doesn't like the steps. No problems here. She has her own quilt with her name fmq on it. She's spoiled.

LOL.. I have a 2 1/2 year old hyper as hell cocker spaniel. She is spoiled rotten. She loves to sit on my foot. While I am sewing (at the kitchen table) she sits on her designated kitchen chair like a good girl and just watches everything. She growles (nicely)at me when she has to go out. Other then that she pretty much just stayes at my feet no matter where I go. When the blinds are open she is positioned on the back f HER couch looking out the window keeping my apartment safe. Yes my do has her own couch.

Since I sew in various spots around the house I can't keep the cats out. Cuddles likes to sit on top of the machine and supervise. Dory sometimes does the same. Brat doesn't come around the machine too often. Sometimes Cuddles wants to sleep or cuddle on what I am working on ( or on me) and gets downright yowly when I try to shift her. Dory sometimes is a pain when I'm trying to press something. The worst thing though is when Cuddles and Dory decide to go at it. Dory is relatively new to the household and Cuddles is mighty jealous. They all like to test out new fabric or quilts. I tell my family their quilts are cat approved. Fortunately everyone likes and/or has cats themselves.

My two Standard Poodles go every where I go and that includes the sewing room. Except for the fact that they consume so much of the floor area, making it difficult at times to manuver around, I don't object because Poodles do not shed so no problems with hair getting into the fabrics.
The cats will do a walk through then they seem to have better things to do so they don't stay.

My dogs can come in if they want. They will usually just come in to say hi. I do make sure nothing is on the floor or I close the door when I am not quilting. The other day I dropped one of my marking pencils and I thought to myself I should pick this up before Rosey comes in here. But I got distracted and sure enough both dogs came in and I turned around she had just started to chew on the pencil! :)

The cats let me come in the sewing studio. They have the run of the house, unless I have someone with allergys. I always ask all my students how they feel about cats. If the don't see the cats they asked about them. Emmy is on my lap now. I think she thinks she the spell checker. :lol:

Only dust bunnies!!

The rabbits are BANNED, though they'd love to chew cords and nibble cabinets. The bird is so tiny he only comes out of his huge cage when no one is cooking, no one is expected to come or go, and I can watch him carefully. I "lost" him in the house years ago and was terrified of what might happen. But, the rabbits have quilts. Belonging to a rabbit is hell for a quilt...chewing, tugging, piddling...it's where I send the *bad* quilts.

Same here and one time she rolled onto her side right on my foot pedal......close call!.....from then on I make sure she isn't laying next to my peddle :-)

My dog is trained to not go into the sewing room. He is also not permitted on the furniture or beds. I dont know anything about cats...friends say they cannot train them to do that...I dont know why, I never had any.

my dog came into my sewing room and just laied under the ironing board if i am using she lays by the computer i would talk to her if i was sitting after a while she would want to sit on my lap

my kitten comes to see what I'm doing and give to me a hug of and of course to see if I have something that might interest him. Or to do something silly to make me laugh
they are just so loveable

I have two dog beds and I usually have a friend or two sleeping nearby.

But do be careful about your pets being able to pick up pins or cloth or threads and swallowing them. Thread can be bad news.

I am careful to keep the trash in my trash cans and off the floor and my dogs are pretty good about not touching stuff set on a table.

LOL...I didn't know that Tinkerbelle had a twin! Tink has a bed next to my machine...but she stares at me if she has to go out. You need to understand her stares...she rarely barks. Unless someone has walked in front of HER house....in which she sits on the back of HER sofa looking out the window.

Ha ha ha..same with my two doxies..

The time I spend sewing is usually when the cats are napping.
It's like an old folks home around here between 10-2 or 3 hahahaha
But then they like to come in, walk around, nose around, find a spot and curl up somewhere.
I love my furbabies sooooo much!! :D:D:D:D:D

I have three fur-babies in my house. My chihuahua follows me everywhere. He lays in the floor in my sewing room. He cries if he can't be with me. LOUDLY.

My black lab and miniature poodle both want to be with me, but the lab is as big as my floor space and the poodle loves to snatch scraps and run. So, my dh built me a door into the studio. (besides the regular bedroom door) It looks like the bottom half of a dutch door. It's a little taller than my knee. It is on a hinge with a magnetic clasp. It is made of pegboard, so the dogs can see me through the holes. They can't open it because it swings outward, but the chihuahua can push it open if he needs to go outside, or get a drink of water. It is the perfect solution for us.