Sam Among the Quilt Squares

I suppose I should try to keep Sam off the table but he is just so darned cute. Actually, in all honesty I did try to keep him off, but I failed.



Because I failed, after about the second time Sam messed up my design layout I moved the layout work in progress on to a plastic bin lid.



I am still making these beastly little squares and thinking about the layout for this quilt.

Sammy in the Beads

Sammy in My Knitting

This is where there can be real trouble because although he virtually ignores the yarn even when it is moving, he does have a penchant for chewing on knitting needles and since I love bamboo and wooden needles he can wreak real damage.

Introducing My Working Cats

I live with two kitties, Small and Sam. Small is my tiny, 6 pound older cat. I adopted her when I found her apparently homeless and hungry living under the grape arbor in my backyard, about 10 years ago. Sam or Sammy is my huge, about 15 pound bouncy baby, whom I selected with great care, and lots of help, at the humane society.

Initially, I tried to keep the beastly cats out of my work and supplies. Eventually, I gave up as I was constantly doing battle. And aside from spreading their fur almost everywhere they seem to do less damage when I leave them alone than when I try to extricate them.

Sam on the clothes horse, or quilt strip holder

For example every time I tried to remove Sam from his perch up there, I would have fabric all over. Yet, he could somehow get down on his own without dislodging any of the strips. And now that I ignore him, I am pleased to say he has virtually ceased climbing all over the strips.

Small has always been more of a lounge kitty, I think it comes of having a hard life out on the streets all on her own.

Here she is lounging about in the fabrics I was using to test some circular appliqué techniques -- none of which made me as happy as a clam.

Both of them often curl up close to where I am working whether it is on the computer or the sewing machine. Although they sometimes cause trouble I find their presence comforting. It is so nice to look up from whatever I am doing to see a sleeping cat.