the fabric you're thinking of is Terry Cloth. 1/2" seams would be easier to work with.

your cat is attached to your robe. a quilt probably won't change her mind. give the robe to the cat and make or buy yourself a new one. you'll both be happier.
:-)

Better yet, make her a quilt out of your robe! LOL So cute!

I bought some of that type of fabric at walmart. They called it bathrobe fabric. It is usually a nylon blend. I used it for the back of a quilt .nice and soft. check the thrift store and get him his own robe. I had a cat who did that, it was always soggy wet

I haven't made a quilt for my pets, but have made kitty and ferret hammocks out of fleece, using a satin stitch to draw picture and pet's name. If kitty is chewing a lot, you may want to grow a pot of grass or catnip inside.

I agree with Patrice....she wants your robe because it smells of you. You may just have to settle for shortening it, if it is long enough or giving way to her fancy. If you can shorten it then you could add in a little more from an old towel that is softened with wear. Larger seams is the way to go...or you could try doing it like a rag quilt..Either would work.

I agree with SandraJ, your robe smells of you and if you give it any thing different, probably won't have anything to do with it. When my dog was a puppy, I bought her a little baby blanket and rubed it over my body, she slepted in her cage okay after that! Now she's 69 lbs and still lays on anything that smells of me.

Still gotta love those babies though! We can't help smelling so yummy! Everything else should be so simple!

I made a pillow for my sister's cat. I used the same fabric that I'd used in her quilt. The cat would have preferred the quilt be she quickly settled down to use her big soft pillow. I say make your kitty the softest, cushioniest quilt that you can. You might be surprised how fast your kitty settles into it! It's worth a try anyway! :lol:

You have a ferret?

For some reason, my cat doesn't seem to take interest in catnip. I made her this little toy that was stuffed to the max with dry catnip and you could smell the catnip inside the toy from a mile away. She didn't even touch it or go anywhere near it. Maybe its because it was dry catnip...or my cat is really weird. I'd try growing catnip for her, but keeping plants alive isn't exactly one of my strong points...or getting them to come out of the soil.

That's exactly what I had in mind. She likes anything that's soft and fluffy...but she's really taken a liking to my bathrobe. So I want to make her this really plushy, soft quilt just for her.

Gat some of a fleece type material (its nice and soft) I agree that the kitten its attached to robe because it smell like you. So before you make her quilt pillow or what ever you deside keep the material close to you body so your sent is on it. Kitten will take to it faster.

As for the cat nip may be to much in toy and very overpowering for a kitten

I spent what I thought was quite a bit of money on some really good catnip for my sister's cat that had seemed to take a liking to me. When I gave it to her, to took a sniff with one lip curled up (in disdain, it seemed), then walked away.

I have since learned that not all cats like that stuff. Here's a quote.

"Feline behaviorist Pam Johnson-Bennett, author of Think Like a Cat, says:
Not all cats react to catnip. In fact, I believe the statistic is about 1/3 of all cats have no reaction at all. It is actually a gene that causes the catnip reaction and not all cats inherit it."

I make catnip toys for our local Humane Society with homegrown catnip. Many of the commercial cat toys have so little catnip in them it is pitiful, mostly sawdust, I think. Ours is so good we call it Kitty Krack. Indeed, not all cats are sensitive to it, and they don't usually start to react to it until they are at least 6 months old. The active ingredient in catnip is very close to the pheromone a female cat puts out, which is why it is so attractive to cats (even females). Incidentally, the only other animal which reacts to catnip is the skunk. When I grow it, I have to put tomato cages around the plants or they would be flattened from every cat in the neighborhood rolling and sleeping on it. I make fleece cat beds for the Humane Society as well, and sprinkle a little dried catnip inside before I sew it up. That way the cat learns to love the fleece mat (we call them "cat hair catchers!"), and even after it is washed and the catnip pretty much dissipates, the cat is used to the mat and continues to sleep on it.

Many dogs will chew on it and roll in it, and some cats to not respond, something about lacking a certain gene :shock: lol I love my pets, you are a nice person