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I agree with dunster - just put baste another piece to it. I do that all the time to use up pieces. Once it is finished it doesn't show.
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So sorry that happened to your quilt. My recommendation is ---Get a cat!
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There is also a product you can buy by the yard. I am pretty sure it is called French Fuse. I ask one time at Hancock's if they had the batting tape, but they were out of it. One of the ladies sold me the French Fuse. It is on a bolt and you can cut the size of strips you want. I used it to piece two pieces of batting together. It worked great. Was less expensive than the strips and was so thin that there was no trouble quilting through the area I fused. Those mice can be destructive little buggers.
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Originally Posted by LucyInTheSky
(Post 5037191)
Rather than the batting tape, just get some fusible interfacing, cut it into .5" - 1" strips and - tada - batting tape at a fraction of the cost!
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Sound like you need a fur baby!
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Eww...I love some proverbs
"It is better to feed one cat than many mice." "When the cat's away the mice will play" "A Cat is a Lion to a mouse." "Mice won't dance in a cat's doorway." We too live with a pasture and we do not have mice, neighbors on either side, no cats own these neighbors and they have mouse problems. Our two indoor cats patrol house and garage where bird seed, is stored. Kip-purr and Girlie keep our home rodent free. Our Miniature Wire haired Dachshund catches mice and voles (eww inserted here) in the garden area...he's a terrific outside mouser. It is said that if mice enter into an area and sense that cat's are there they move on...in our experience that certainly seems to be the case. There is one thing that you can be certain of, if you see one mouse and or droppings there are many mice in the area or will be within 3 weeks. One mouse gestates in 17-21 days giving birth from 3-14 per litter. Females can breed @ 5 weeks, males the same. Having 5-10 litters a year.... Isn't it interesting, at least to me....that there is now gray area when it comes to cats. It seems either people like/love cats or they hate them. I understand allergies, I also understand generalities but that has been my observation. Mice dart across open floors...their highway's are along baseboards....place some traps along their highway's and where there is evidence of where they party. I would suspect that you already have a population considering the damage done in such a short time. Like my Mom used to say it's no shame to have a mouse, it's a tragedy to provide a home for them. So your doing good girlfriend in getting busy to carry those buggers out in body bags. However since you've previously had a cat...it would be wonderful to provide another kitty a loving home and it will repay you with keeping your home free of these filthy rodents. |
Onalee, thank you for that nice post about the cats and mice. I had no idea about the breeding habits. I am sending someone brave - the DH - to the basement to find that nice white fluffy batting which they are using for nesting and destroy the nests. The traps I put out they laughed at, and made off the the bits of batting stuck on them!
Thanks to everyone encouraging me to get a cat. Every time I go by the animal shelter (right on the way to Joann's!!!) I have to try not to pull in. Maybe I should give in and bring one home. |
Originally Posted by Jan in VA
(Post 5038006)
But, I must say, it seems to me you have more problems than a torn batting if a mouse in your house has done such damage in one day. I hope you catch it....and all it's buddies.....quickly. Rodent droppings can be very hazardous to your health. Jan in VA Not only that but you may wish to inspect your stash of batting, fabrics and such for more evidence of raiding and infestation. The last thing you want is any of these rodents trying to make a nest in your home and that certainly looks like what is on their mind. I'd be setting out poison and/or traps. |
Originally Posted by SueSew
(Post 5044360)
Onalee, thank you for that nice post about the cats and mice. I had no idea about the breeding habits. I am sending someone brave - the DH - to the basement to find that nice white fluffy batting which they are using for nesting and destroy the nests. The traps I put out they laughed at, and made off the the bits of batting stuck on them!
Thanks to everyone encouraging me to get a cat. Every time I go by the animal shelter (right on the way to Joann's!!!) I have to try not to pull in. Maybe I should give in and bring one home. |
Have read the board for months but haven't commented before..Much enjoyment and knowledge gained from here.
For the first time in the 13 years we have lived here in the Missouri boonies we had a problem...We have all sorts of wildlife running around...some annoyances but no serious damage..until this year when we got in the car to go for our monthly shopping trip and our car wouldn't start...DH looked under the hood to find several wires had been eaten...made it to the dealership and they were able to patch the wires without having to replace the wiring harness...still cost a bundle...Did it again but DH got a look at the critter which was/is a packrat....What to do???? can't keep having it fixed..ended up spending over $200. Out of the blue..where it came from I don't know...I thought of making mothball bags to put in different places in the engine compartment...used a dozen 6 in squares of muslin folded in half,about 12 mothballs in each and sewed them up..distributed them next to wiring and that cured the problem ...just have to remember to take them out before we go and put them back...we forgot once and lost a sparkplug wire..luckily we had extra ones for just in case. No odor inside the car from using them.... No problems in the house as we have 5 adopted cats..3 that people have turned out and wandered up....one of which was 15 minutes pregnant when she came in LOL ..63 days later we had a litter and kept 2 we just couldn't part with...we have had to place many, many more that we couldn't afford to keep with Haven of the Ozarks. However can't say the cat would be in the middle of the laid out quilt...matter of fact would guarantee it...but if it comes to a choice...I'll take the cat over the mouse any day.... |
Mice in the house.....eewwwww...I would be getting a cat or two! Females make the best micers. I have a mice problem on our back porch....but at least they haven't made it into the house. In the fall caught over 30 mice...when my son was home over Christmas had him do some extra door stripping...since have only caught 3 that still somehow gotten in. My traps are set in case spring mice decide it is time to check out the porch, but am hoping that they can't get in anymore...as I added a bit more stripping under a door where there was a small space. You need to find out where they are getting in and stop their entrances. I can be ok with them on back porch, but sure wouldn't want the mice in my house!
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I never use to be as passionate about mouse removal until I had a very similar experience to IshtarsMom. The little suckers ate through my electrical wiring, brake line, and air hoses in the car!!! Lucky I didn't loose my life. Very expensive to repair.
I have traps strategically placed in the roof cavity (of the house) and in the garage. Yes - I have caught mice in the roof. If they chew the house wiring - they could burn down the house. My traps are filled with peanut butter - just like you have done. It's very effective. Love the idea of luring them to the traps with pieces of batting. hehehe... Honest - I'm not a nasty person - but when their actions can kill - it's a whole different game. My mouse problem was created by my neighbor (long story) and a very bad harvesting season for our region. Currently have 2 large dogs - which are great at finding and killing rodents (well when they can get to them). Good luck. Love to see the progress on your quilt repair. |
Originally Posted by Jan in VA
(Post 5038006)
Lay your sandwich out on a table; fold both the top and the backing back away from the damaged batting.
Trim away the damaged batting in a long strip. Cut a new batting strip the width needed. Butt the edges of the old batting and the new strip and use batting tape or a serpentine or zigzag machine stitch to join them (my preference). Reassemble the sandwich and keep on keeping on! But, I must say, it seems to me you have more problems than a torn batting if a mouse in your house has done such damage in one day. I hope you catch it....and all it's buddies.....quickly. Rodent droppings can be very hazardous to your health. Jan in VA This is exactly what I was thinking you could do with the batting...like Jan I'd do the Zigzag stitch if possible. But about your little mousies, I had to go to Home Depot and bought the white plastic traps, super simple and easier to use than the wooden traps. Use a tad of peanut butter and with two fingers your trap is set! My mouse problem is very few and far between now. Good Luck!! |
Originally Posted by KiwiQuilter
(Post 5047786)
I never use to be as passionate about mouse removal until I had a very similar experience to IshtarsMom. The little suckers ate through my electrical wiring, brake line, and air hoses in the car!!! Lucky I didn't loose my life. Very expensive to repair.
I have traps strategically placed in the roof cavity (of the house) and in the garage. Yes - I have caught mice in the roof. If they chew the house wiring - they could burn down the house. My traps are filled with peanut butter - just like you have done. It's very effective. Love the idea of luring them to the traps with pieces of batting. hehehe... Honest - I'm not a nasty person - but when their actions can kill - it's a whole different game. My mouse problem was created by my neighbor (long story) and a very bad harvesting season for our region. Currently have 2 large dogs - which are great at finding and killing rodents (well when they can get to them). Good luck. Love to see the progress on your quilt repair. |
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