Quilting with Cat Hair
#31
Originally Posted by Rainy Day
#32
Originally Posted by raptureready
I don't buy quilts (unless they're antiques) but as a person with severe animal allergies that might not be a bad idea. Or at least tell them. You also might try kenneling the cats long enough to get your quilts sandwiched.
#33
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Location: West Central Iowa
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My cat thinks she has to lay on whatever quilt I am hand sewing the binding on. After I am finished, I hang it in my large doorway and vacuum it like crazy. Have also used Pledge's Fabria Sweeper for Pet Hair.
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Originally Posted by kit'smamma
I am a dog owner and have allergies but only a very mild one to dogs. I've discovered that good old borax that we of an older generation added to soap flakes to wash diapers, works like a charm to rid the doggie odor from her bedding. I've also found it to be effective on cigarette smoke odor as well. It's cheap and found in the laundry soap aisle. It doesn't leave any odor at all including the cheap perfume scent found in so many laundry products that make me sneeze and would offend me even without the sneeze.
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My quilts are all given to family members and they all have cats and dogs so I don't worry. The RRs that enter my home are kept in plastic bags til I work on them. All my fabric is washed right before using and I keep the cats locked up til I'm done.
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Originally Posted by jljquilter
Have pets. They aren't the problem. Laundry detergent or fabric softner with fragrance bothers me. I use all unscented products. I wish that people with purfume would come with a warning label.
Whoever came up with the idea that heavily perfumed products equate freshness..... I have to have everything fragrance free or I have asthma problems.
I totally agree about perfumes and the ppl who bathe in it.
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Originally Posted by purplefiend
Originally Posted by jljquilter
Have pets. They aren't the problem. Laundry detergent or fabric softner with fragrance bothers me. I use all unscented products. I wish that people with purfume would come with a warning label.
Whoever came up with the idea that heavily perfumed products equate freshness..... I have to have everything fragrance free or I have asthma problems.
I totally agree about perfumes and the ppl who bathe in it.
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