My dogs have free reign in my home.
(and i have never caught them smoking,but they do get in the trash occasionally! )

most of my friends are animal lovers..

I don't make quilts to sell.

i smoke, but never in the house. (yes, i know..it is so bad)

i wash everything i make, before i bless someone with it..

I note on my sale listings that I have cats. I do generally wash my quilts before they leave my house.

Ha ha ha..yeah that's my two little fellers..... but they sure can do steps. Our two doxie's will NOT even attempt to come down the basement steps, but..uses the steps to go upstairs to bed everynight and comes back down those steps in the morning. Strange, we have no idea what the difference is.

I have to kinda chuckle over people with pet smells and smokers smells... so many people are focused so much on just these two aspects. What about perfume odors? I work in the public sector and have to wait on guests daily all day long. I have had to walk away and stop waiting on guests because they smell like they took a shower in their bottle. Most who wear it, are fine..but some..I really think they shower in it. When your in the back of a restaurant, and can smell them as soon as they walk in..that is horrible.

I am one of those dreaded smokers. And I have 2 dogs that are allowed anywhere in the house. I don't sell anything. When I give quilts as gifts they all washed, sprayed w/Fabreeze (sp) and packaged before they are gifted. And all recipients know the circumstances of my life/house. When I do blocks for swaps (rarely for the above reasons) they are Fabreezed first and sent in a plastic ziplock. I always include a note stating the pet/smoke with apologies and if the block can't be used for those reasons I understand. Haven't had any adverse comments yet.

And I also partially agree with YOU! :D

I think it depends on the degree of difficulty, really. If cat dander gives you a little twitch in your nose and washing fixes the problem, the buyer can pretty much buy whatever they want knowing they might need to wash it asap. If it will cause anaphylactic shock, they MUST clarify whether or not the seller has pets.

Then, the person that is owning the fabric could have purchased it from someone else who had a pet, since they don't have the sensitivity they would be none the wiser, and so even if the buyer asks "Do you have pets" the answer is no, but there may be an allergen on the fabric.

"The choice available to them" is to purchase or not purchase. If there is an allergy concern, they must protect themselves and cannot depend on others to be up on all the allergens out there. Cats, dogs, ragweed, peanuts, shellfish....who knows if someone went to the flea market and picked up some (new) fabric one day, and stuffed it in the bag with spanish peanuts? I *will*, however, try to remember to mention my cat if I ever sell in the future! :thumbup:

I grew up in a family of smokers and with pets. I don't care if someone smokes.

Right now, we don't have any pets living with us, my dog now lives with my mom since my Dad died. My pup keeps Mom happy, and he's bonded strongly with her. However, he does come over our house all the time.

Mom smokes, but not in our house, and DH and I choose not to smoke.

Every quilt I've sold has been washed before mailing.

I don't like Febreeze - it can kill small pets and it's harmful to little children (which I have). So if a quilt is going anywhere, I just let people know that we have a pet friendly home. No complaints so far.

Its Fabreze and perfume that I can't stand. Some of the most popular brands have me wheezing in the checkout line. I always let people know about pets.

I have 2 Dogs and a Cat, they are quite like Children and mind better than Children. If you are like one woman who came to my door uninvited and was yelling "get these Dogs off of me,"Then I would also say "you are welcome not to come. All you have to say to my Dogs is "sit". They will sit and leave you alone

Just common courtesy - I always let people know that I have a cat. Some are cat people, some aren't. Some are allergic, some aren't. I wash everything before it leaves my house and I attach a note to everything I make - letting the recipient know that it has been washed because some people may even have allergies to my laundry detergent.

Wow....this is a touchy topic and I just have to reply but will try to be tactful.....lol.

I have a dog and both my DH and I smoke in the basement. Yes, pet dander can be a problem for people with allergies. But this should not be a problem if completed article is laundered or dry cleaned.

Smoke oder is simply an annoyance - and that comes straight from an allergist! This, too, can be alleviated with laundering. The flip side of the coin is fabric that is perfumed for those of us with perfume (musk) allergies.

I recently moved from CA to MN and joined a quilt guild to make new friends and enjoy the sharing. They meet twice a month and I was traveling 45 miles one-way to attend. At first I thought people were different in the midwest because no one seemed interested in getting together or "allowing" me to attend their retreats. Finally, a member took me aside and told me the reason was because I was a smoker. I explained that I don't smoke around non-smokers or at retreats. Her response was that I would still smell like smoke! I didn't reply (and no longer go to guild) but couldn't help but think about all the women who use perfume that I am allergic to and yet I never said anything - just tried to hold my breath or avoid.

Thank you for allowing me to vent!