Let's think of the times that we all used to heat our homes with wood or coal fires, when we weren't able to change all our clothes every day, when we shared our living quarters with animals other than cats and dogs ...
The most beautiful of our antique quilts were probably sewn in those kinds of conditions.[/quote]
I still use a wood stove in winter and it often smokes the house out. I do wash the quilts but now 'I have to give it away as soon as I get it washed. DH smokes as well and I can't get him to stop no matter how I have tried. He did once but started up again and it is useless asking him. I have learned a lot by reading your stories as I too have a new cat and she loves my sewing room as I am always there. She loves human company just like all your furballs and they deserve attention too.