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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2004Sewing With Cats
I decided to kill some time yesterday and use up some fabric remnants I had around. So I made "purr pads" for the cats at the shelter...a fabric square with a cotton backing, fleece top and quilted with batting in between, big enough for a cat to lie on.. Before I sew it up, I lace the batting with catnip. It sounded like a good plan. BUT, has anybody every tried to sew with catnip, with FOUR cats in the house???!!!!! It did *not* go well! Sherry > I decided to kill some time yesterday and use up some fabric remnants I had > around. So I made "purr pads" for the cats at the shelter...a fabric square [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sherry Whyever not, Sherry ;o)! Did you ever get to finish? Christine >> I decided to kill some time yesterday and use up some fabric remnants I >had [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >Whyever not, Sherry ;o)! Did you ever get to finish? >Christine I finished eight. But the last one sure has some crooked seams. I couldn't see for the cat heads and was trying not to sew right over the little paws that were in the way. I'm trying again when they go for their morning outside time. Sherry >I finished eight. But the last one sure has some crooked seams. I couldn't see >for the cat heads and was trying not to sew right over the little paws that >were in the way. I'm trying again when they go for their morning outside time. > >Sherry I am sure the cats don't mind crooked seams. That is one of the good things with cats. They are not a bit judgmental about those things that people are - like house cleaning, window washing, grass mowing etc. Elisabet (snippage) That is one of the good things > with cats. They are not a bit judgmental about those things that people > are - like house cleaning, window washing, grass mowing etc. > Elisabet Well, some cats aren't, but my Mikey would frequently try to bury anything out of place. A few times, eating in front of the tv, I set my plate down on the floor beside my chair to go answer the phone or whatever; when I came back, my plate was not raided, but buried by napkins he'd scratched over it. :-) ------ Krista >Well, some cats aren't, but my Mikey would frequently try to bury >anything out of place. A few times, eating in front of the tv, I set [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >------ >Krista Awww. That's cute. He was just being "tidy." Mikey was a grand cat. Sherry >I decided to kill some time yesterday and use up some fabric remnants I had >around. So I made "purr pads" for the cats at the shelter...a fabric square [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >with FOUR cats in the house???!!!!! >It did *not* go well! LOL, no never tried, since my sewing is restricted to an occasional button  SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >>I decided to kill some time yesterday and use up some fabric >>remnants I had around. So I made "purr pads" for the cats at the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >LOL, no never tried, since my sewing is restricted to an occasional >button Even just minor-repair sewing, such as buttons or torn seams, is complicated enough with a cat in the house, from my experience. They either decide that it is a good time to be a lap-cat, try to play with the needle and thread, or both at the same time. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > I decided to kill some time yesterday and use up some fabric remnants I had > around. So I made "purr pads" for the cats at the shelter...a fabric square [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sherry LOL!! I can imagine. I've tried - once, and catnip was not involved. They were fascinated with the needle, thread, fabric - if it moved they were fascinated. I had fosters walking through the machine. Finally I gave up (I think I broke sewing machine - that would be #3 in 10 years, no wonder I don't sew). Now what I do is make "tie" blankets - take a couple pieces of fleece, same size, cut about 4 inch square corners off, then cut about 4 inches deep into fabric to create strips - then you tie the strips together. Towards the end I stuff w/fiberfill and catnip, then have to hurry and tie, and get into hiding before nosey creatures come around. > I decided to kill some time yesterday and use up some fabric remnants I had > around. So I made "purr pads" for the cats at the shelter...a fabric square [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sherry Never mind catnip... Just the THREAD part of sewing is hard enough in my house! --- Sandy > I decided to kill some time yesterday and use up some fabric remnants I had > around. So I made "purr pads" for the cats at the shelter...a fabric square [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sherry > Never mind catnip... Just the THREAD part of sewing is hard enough in my > house! Same HERE! Please refer to my "getting into Mischief" topic Kristi > Never mind catnip... Just the THREAD part of sewing is hard enough in my > house! Same HERE! Please refer to my "getting into Mischief" topic Kristi |
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