Another type of Vintage - long time companion furbabies
 

A discussion in another thread made me think this might be a great place to immortalize our sewing room companions. :) I'll start.

Current:
Stormi - known aliases: The Queen, Queen Mab, stormer-lisious, kitten little, the nutter.
Age: 18.5 human years
Unique traits: Likes to chase her food and yowl at it while carrying it around the house. Also likes to run through the house and get onto the top of the dresser and stare at you like a stone gargoyle come to life. Also likes to "aggressively mother" both DH and me by rubbing her face in our (usually freshly washed) hair and if we resist will hold us down to do it. Likes to sleep with her face in my hands. Used to beat the snot out of my printer whenever I sent a print job to it before she went deaf. This is her with my 15-90 and first quilt pieced and FMQed on that machine.

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Shadow - known aliases: nut burger, shadtastic
Age: 16.5 human years
Unique Traits: Her purr sounds like a tree frog, likes to give head butts, knows the word "shower" and will come keep you company in the shower, talking the whole time. Not even flinching when I scream "DANGER!!!" when she gets too close to a running sewing machine... *sigh* That's her with my getting closer to vintage Pfaff and in my studio.

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Dax - known Aliases: DipStick, Daximus, and lots I shouldn't post on a public forum. ;)
Age: Will be 13 in human years this year
Unique Traits: Uh....there's really nothing normal about this dog other than the fact that she'll eat anything that may or may not be food. We think she might be part coyote. The SPCA said Husky Shepherd Cross but a lot of her mannerisms are more coyote than either of the breeds. And if you hear her call, it's pure coyote. She's terrified of the cats and will cry if you tell her to come but there's a cat in the way. The "blanket" she's laying on is the first try at sewing with my 1913 27 treadle. That blanket is also where I learned there was a difference between stuffing and batting. :)

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Gone but not forgotten:
Gizmo - known Aliases: Grey Kitty, The Old Lady
Age: 13 when she passed due to stomach cancer
Unique traits: Smartest cat I've ever known. Very graceful jumper - especially considering she was always an indoor cat. Loved her burgers - would go for a ride in the car to get "burgers". She left us before I sewed, so no projects with her.

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Chappy - Known Aliases: I don't remember??
Age: Approximately 14 years before old age got him
Unique traits: Was a sled dog up north before his hip dysplasia got too bad to pull. Had most of the traits of a sled dog but the build of a wolf. Extremely strong prey drive which would cause a little excitement sometimes when running him with the mountain bikes. One time he even took DH right off the bike when he spotted a rabbit and took off after it at a 90 degree angle from the previous direction of travel. Passed before I sewed - other than the webbing harnesses I made for him.

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Thanks for the pictures. Animals are so wonderful!

I need to get some updated pictures of my critters. A couple of them are more "vintage" than I'd like. (Where does the time go?)

This gives me an interesting idea for a calendar though. Vintage machines posed with vintage pets. I bet it'd be a hit!

Sewing buddy
 

I would like you to meet my sewing buddy. Her name is Doodle bug we call her Pooh Dog and some others I wil not mention. She is half poodle and chihuahua and she is known as a choodle. When we rescued her we did not know this mut was considered a disigner dog. :D She has chosen the den as her room and her favorite place to sit is on the back of the sofa so she can bark at the sewing machines. If I am not careful she will crab my fabric and make a nest. She is a little stinker but so much fun to have a around and and is always there by me to help. [ATTACH=CONFIG]512424[/ATTACH]

Skip

Sewnoma - I agree, they "grow up" so quickly! The Calendar would be a great idea! Just no snow for December, K? My birth month always has something with snow in it!! ;)


Skip! She's adorable! Why do you suppose she barks at the machines? Is it because they get too much attention? :) Yeah, we have a lot of similar unmentionable names for Dax too. She was named at the SPCA before we got her and she knew her name. Once we'd lived with her for a while, we thought she might not have the uh.... mental capacity to learn a new name. ;)

Tammi I really think she barks at the machines because she sees me playing with them and in her little mind should be able to play with them to. I did but a head down on the floor to see what she would do and she tried to play with it like it was another little dog. It was so funny to watch her reaction when it would not play back. She just sat down beside the machine and looked at it like what the "H" is wrong with this thing. She did keep her eye on it and I think she was waiting for it to move. It was a hoot.
Skip

I enjoy seeing the stories of our pets!

Awwww too cute. I want to hug them all! Here is my sewing room companion, Daphne. She was a rescue that was scheduled to be euthanized as she was deemed unadoptable. We have had her for 5 years now.:D

I don't know how to load photos on this new computer yet, so I'll just tell you about one of my 5 dogs. Molly is a 10 year old Golden Retriever that some idiot abandoned in the summer of 2010, she was 5 then. She has been the sweetest dog ever, knows no strangers. Unfortunately she has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, has a large vascular mass on the left side of her neck; she not in pain right now. She's not eating but 1/2 of her usual dinner and is getting thin. https://www.flickr.com/photos/391684...57638104137516 Sharon in Texas

Very nice. Love then names and stories. The make everything, including sewing, more interesting and gratifying. Thanks for the stories.