Monday, July 27, 2009

The Cat's in the Doghouse....

I finished a quilt the other day, and as I usually do with just-completed projects, I laid it out on the floor of my studio. I like to look at it and "live" with it for a while, to see if there are any things I'd like to change, plus it keeps it nice and flat and unwrinkled till I get it to the machine quilter....

I came downstairs the other morning, and the brand new quilt top was in a ball on the floor. Sometimes kitty likes to run through the house, either chasing, or being chased by, imaginary adversaries. Hoping it wasn't too terribly wrinkled, I figured I'd just shake out the quilt and lay it out again. Well, I shook it out, but wrinkles were the least of my problems.... out of the quilt fell a big pile of cat poop... she used my brand new quilt as a litter box!!!!! Oh she was in big trouble.... she spent the rest of the morning locked out on the screened porch..... I tried to wash it by hand, very gently, since it's not quilted yet. Today I am off to the dry cleaners, to see if they can get out the stains, please say a little prayer for me! (You should also keep kitty in your prayers... I am threatening to find her a new home if she doesn't start behaving herself....)

6 comments:

  1. The hearts of cat owners around the world will be going out to you after reading this! I am certain that every one of them, including myself, can tell a similar story of a beloved cat turning into the enemy over an item of handwork.

    Now the cat will know what it's like to get the cold shoulder!

    MGM

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  2. I would be a little tee'd off too...I'm hoping that the dry cleaners will be able to get the stain out...yikes!

    Hugz,
    Michele

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  3. Bad, bad, kitty!
    It's amazing to me how great animals can be and yet at the same time they can be SUCH a pain!
    I do hope everything comes clean!!! Including the cat! :)

    Robin~♥

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  4. Oh dear...that is a heartbreaker!

    I do hope you can get that stain out. Poor you and poor kitty. I am sure it seemed like a great idea at the time.

    Becky K

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  5. This reminds me of a great quilt that was on display at our local quilt show a few years ago. Something similar happened to this quilt & it was fondly nick-named the "poo-poo quilt". :o)
    I do really hope the stain comes out. . . for your sake. . . (& for kitties too!)
    xo, Bren

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  6. Oh, so sorry! I'm sure kitty is too, hope the cleaners can work some magic and save kitty from exclusion!

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