Tracy G Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Turned my back for two minutes to look at the manual and somebody decided they would move in:D:D:D Tracy G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda G. Craig Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Now, doesn't that kitty look comfy! :P:P Too cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 You probably want to discourage it sooner rather than later. My guys really got into the idea of sleeping on the quilt on the frame. Fine when it was mine, not so good if it is customers. Now the only time they do it is when it is going to be a show winning quilt. They are very reliable judges. Ferret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 awwww sweet kitty-----ah-choo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 I agree with Ferret, if you don't discourage it you will end up with sagging spots (it happened to me). Also, my one cat got wild one night and decided to sharpen his claws on the customers quilt:o that was on the frame. Needless to say, I had to replace fabric in the quilt. I will admit they are cute when they move in:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 My cat is still terrified of my machine so thankfully she never gets on those quilts. Any quilt off the frame is all hers...just ask her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy G Posted August 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Ferret, He's an amazing cat. He knew he shouldn't have been on there. He was just pushing his luck. I couldn't be too cross with him as he has been quite poorly. We had an emergency visit to the vet when we got home on Saturday. He'd been bitten yet again by the nasty cat from down the road and ended up with an abscess on his paw. I don't think what is on the frame is going to be a show winning quilt.:D:D Tracy G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koala-T Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 My cat did that a couple times. One day I took a quilt off the frame that was done and laid it over the rails. Well, she jumped up and she and the quilt folded up in between and when down to the table. She hasn't tried that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Now, that is one lucky quilt. It has been loved by a kitty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 My B&W cat is a quarter of the size - that's why she's called Itzi-Bitzi... Betty looks cool:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy G Posted August 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Originally posted by sewlinzi Betty looks cool:cool: Am chuffed to bits with her. The lodger is called Guinness. He is 12 years old and is a big lad. Tracy G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Yup, my cats who do it know they shouldn't and do try to target it when they think I will let them off. Not as bed as when the cat sitter had to phone me on holiday. He had come and fed them then fussed them for an hour or so (probably a lot of or so knowing him) then he tried to leave. They blocked the door and insisted they were hungry. He needed to check they were lying Even more fun, they knew and let him out after he called. I should say he is a huge biker and you would think he could cope with a few cats, apparently not. Ferret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy G Posted August 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Ferret, That is sooooo funny. :D:D:D:D Tracy G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veg-girl Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 My cat has fallen through tops draped over the frame twice now so he no longer tries it but he does like to curl up under the machine in a nice bed of wadding if I am careless enough to leave the door open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy G Posted August 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Yvette, He is sooooo cute. He reminds me of Guinness brother "Whiskey" who we had to put to sleep a couple of years ago. I want to give him a hug. Tracy G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbz98236 Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Ferret, How wonderful to have a cat that tells you ahead of time that you have an award winning quilt. Don't we all wish we had one? Luckily ours hasn't tried that yet but the dogs love to lay under the machine while I'm working (PRACTICING). Usually looking up at me pleading, are you done yet so you can sit down and we can snuggle??? Debbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoryJM Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Oh, this makes me want a kitty so badly. We lost ours a few years ago, he was a black Manx and very smart. He'd outsmarted mountain lions, coyotes, foxes and dogs for over 10 years. That's why I can't get another...at least not until our barn is done and he has someplace safe to escape. My husband won't let them in the house:( I'd argue the point, but he's really allergic. I offered to buy an unending supply of benadryl, but he's not going for it. Cats are a crack up--they're all so different. Ferret, I love the story about your cats; they're smart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katydids Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Oh yes, the kitties favorite places! Either the kittie hammock or the batting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsbishwit Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Don't have any cats, but my dogs love to get comfy on the batting that pools on the floor when I am quilting. I always have to shoo them off before advancing the quilt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmiequilts Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 I have to do the same, my dogs love being close and under the Millie on top of the batting is just perfect to them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethDurand Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 My "helper dog" was down recently when I was quilting. I didn't realize it, just noticed that my girl was so hard to move, and I couldn't understand why. My boy was asleep on the cord, and when I pulled it out, he just rolled over for a tummy rub. He too had been having a bad day recently, so how could I not pet him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 My dogs seem to like laying right where I walk along while I'm quilting and I trip over them. Why do they do this to me?? I'm already a klutz on my own merit, have broken my right foot twice, and I don't need them to help me make it a third time. Patty your kitty photo cracked me up. Too funny! :P Tracy if you wan to try laying some tin foil across the quilt frame at night and while you are stepped away. The sound of that tin foil crackling will scare the dickens out of the cat. Probably he won't want to sleep on the quilt hammock in the future. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnice Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 My cat, Harlette, ends up on every quilt when I do the binding. As a result my labels say "Cat Approved by Harlette" With a paw print. :P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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