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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2004OT, Sort of - cat print fabric wanted
I am trying to find a polar fleece type fabric with a cat design on it to make a throw for my mom's bed. She lives in a nursing home, so the fabric has to take a LOT of washing. I thought I saw one at a local fabric store, but it wasn't available the next time I went in. (just my luck!) I can find plenty of My Kitty prints, but I don't think that they are appropriate for an 81 yr old's bed. <G> Any help would be appreciated! Patti >I am trying to find a polar fleece type fabric with a cat design on it to >make a throw for my mom's bed. She lives in a nursing home, so the fabric [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Any help would be appreciated! >Patti Patti, Wal Mart carries one that isn't a child print. It is in earth tones; lots of tans and browns and I think you'd like it for a throw. Sherry > >I am trying to find a polar fleece type fabric with a cat design on it to > >make a throw for my mom's bed. She lives in a nursing home, so the fabric [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Sherry if that doesn't help, there is a HUGE selection of fabrics on ebay. Good luck!! Thanks to all for the suggestions! I have checked JoAnn's and Walmart, but they didn't have anything. :( I have a couple other places to check, thanks to you, and I will let you know what I find! Take care, Patti > I am trying to find a polar fleece type fabric with a cat design on it to > make a throw for my mom's bed. She lives in a nursing home, so the fabric [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Any help would be appreciated! > Patti You must check "the store we love to hate" (in quilter's speak) AKA Jo-Ann's http://www.joann.com/ lal > You must check "the store we love to hate" (in quilter's speak) AKA > Jo-Ann's http://www.joann.com/ How come you love to hate it? Because their fabrics are ugly? (I usually think they are, anyway.) Joyce > > You must check "the store we love to hate" (in quilter's speak) AKA > > Jo-Ann's http://www.joann.com/ > > How come you love to hate it? Because their fabrics are ugly? (I usually > think they are, anyway.) I haven't had the courage to visit the new JoAnn's here, yet, because it is so huge. I'm afraid I'd spend a fortune on fabrics and not have anything to use it for. Pam S. >I haven't had the courage to visit the new JoAnn's here, yet, because it >is so huge. I'm afraid I'd spend a fortune on fabrics and not have >anything to use it for. > >Pam S. Remind us both to never go to the fabric store together. We'd drag each other to hell. I love fabric, I love colors. I am constantly buying fabric I have no use for. A few weeks ago, I used most of it up making "purr pads" for the shelter cats. (Just quilt batting laced with catnip in between 2-ft. squares or so). The shelter cats have purr pads in the most beautiful colors you ever saw, and I just try not to remember how much I spent on it. Sherry < Remind us both to never go to the fabric store together. We'd drag each other to hell. I love fabric, I love colors. I am constantly buying fabric I have no use for. A few weeks ago, I used most of it up making "purr pads" for the shelter cats. (Just quilt batting laced with catnip in between 2-ft. squares or so). The shelter cats have purr pads in the most beautiful colors you ever saw, and I just try not to remember how much I spent on it. Sherry > Hi Sherry, I work for a furniture store, and we quite regularly give away discontinued fabric samples - it is either that or throw them away. They are usually 1 to 2 ft. square, but some are a bit larger. They would make great purr pads! Have fun! Patti > Hi Sherry, > I work for a furniture store, and we quite regularly give away discontinued > fabric samples - it is either that or throw them away. They are usually 1 to > 2 ft. square, but some are a bit larger. They would make great purr pads! > Have fun! > Patti Ooh, ooh, ooh, which chain do you work for and who would I talk to, to get purr pad fabric? It would be a great project for Mandy and/or Rob to work on when needing entertainment. Or me for that matter, when they're occupied with the PS/2. Pam S. excited Ooh, ooh, ooh, which chain do you work for and who would I talk to, to get purr pad fabric? It would be a great project for Mandy and/or Rob to work on when needing entertainment. Or me for that matter, when they're occupied with the PS/2. Pam S. excited > Hi Pam, I work for Adirondack Furniture in Central NY, but I would think most furniture stores would give the old fabrics to you. The furniture manufacturers that come to mind right off are Clayton Marcus, LaZBoy, Flexsteel, Hickory Hill, Marshfield (http://www.marshfieldfurniture.com/ oooh - love their fabrics!) Also, some of the furniture companies pack their furniture using foam (not styrofoam) and I have used that in cat beds. Plus, the boxes that come from there are HUGE! Lovely cat towers and such. Good luck and have fun! Patti >Hi Sherry, >I work for a furniture store, and we quite regularly give away discontinued >fabric samples - it is either that or throw them away. They are usually 1 to >2 ft. square, but some are a bit larger. They would make great purr pads! >Have fun! >Patti That *would* be perfect! All those purr pads in designer fabrics! I'm going to check on that :-) Sherry Oh, Sherry, how sweet of you. Celeste and I went last week to socialize at the humane society -- the cat room was so warm and not much circulation :o( -- all of the cats were sitting on the polyester and warmer type fabrics; I yanked them all and put in cotton towels instead. Managed to talk to the person tending the cages who had no idea that the previous fabrics were sooo hot for the kitties. Christine > >I haven't had the courage to visit the new JoAnn's here, yet, because it > >is so huge. I'm afraid I'd spend a fortune on fabrics and not have [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Sherry >Oh, Sherry, how sweet of you. Celeste and I went last week to socialize at >the humane society -- the cat room was so warm and not much circulation [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >fabrics were sooo hot for the kitties. >Christine See, Christine, you "get it." So many people don't get it! Cats *love* certain fabrics, and they love clean, soft things. You can tell when you put the pads in the cages. Most of them immediately start kneading them and purring. (well, catnip doesn't hurt either. But even when I don't use catnip, they knead) Sherry > > I am trying to find a polar fleece type fabric with a cat design on it to > > make a throw for my mom's bed. She lives in a nursing home, so the fabric [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > specialty stuff than JoAnn's does and, for some reason, the prints and styles > look more professional, for lack of a better description. Blessings, Baha |
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