Hello PAT!
Sunday February 01 1998 10:04, PAT KNOX wrote to ANNE MCREARY:
 ->  PK>> my son up for school.  I come up front to find Gizmo, my
 ->  PK>> long-haired black and WHITE cat lying in a nest he made of the
 ->  PK>> black fabric.
 ->>
 ->> He knew some fresh "bedding" when he smelled it! < hehehehehehe
 ->>
 PK> Well, you should see my portable sewing mat!  Anyone know how to get
 PK> hairs off of that?  I don't think that it can be washed.
Hmmmmm :(  bad kitty! <
 ->  PK>> White hairs are EVERYWHERE on it! To the washing machine that
 ->  PK>> fabric went again!!!  AARRGH!  Yes, Gizmo still lives. He is
 ->  PK>> my personal favorite!
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 ->> No fabric shall be cut before it's time.  We must make certain ALL
 ->> the sizing is out you know! <
 PK> Sizing was definitely OUT!!  Tip, if you want to wash your fabric, but
 PK> want it to still have some sizing or starch in it for applique then
 PK> use one of those Downey balls and put liquid starch in it to the line.
 PK> Works wonders!
Good idea, Pat!
 ->  PK>> Bet that isn't the type combining you were talking of!! hehehe
 ->  PK>>
 ->>
 ->> Well it certainly worked for Gizmo! < hehehehe  How is the
 ->> little darlin' today???
 PK> Gizmo?  HYPER!!
Sounds like a boy to me! <
 PK> I have all 4 of my cats so spoiled it isn't funny.
I would have never guessed!
 PK> Every night I split two small cans of cat food in between them.  Now
 PK> since they fight over the stuff I have them trained to go to their
 PK> special spots before they get fed.  Smokey is on top of the chest
 PK> freezer (where their food and water is kept at all times), Peanut is
 PK> in the floor by the freezer, Willie is across the room on the floor by
 PK> a potted plant, and Gizmo is on my Cedar Chest.  Gets so bad that I
 PK> will come out of the bathroom from brushing my teeth and all 4 of them
 PK> will be in their assigned spots waiting for me!!
They have you trained!
 PK> Lately Gizmo has really been trying to get to any and all fabric he
 PK> can find and sleep on it.  He is really starting to shed his winter
 PK> fur too.  I think that this behavior (getting on fabric) is caused by
 PK> the shedding!
Hmmmm, you may have a point on that!  Is he partial to brushing/combing?  Or 
is he one of those silly boys who can't stand the thought of "cuddling" <
 PK> On a more quilty note, I have all of the ear pieces done for my
 PK> latest quilt creation, "162 Cats On the Bed".  Yes, that means that I
 PK> had to do 162 pairs of cat ears!  Just have to finish ironing them
 PK> and then get started on the bodies of the cats.
I don't think I could do it.  I keep telling myself I'm going to do some 
quilting.  I just don't get around to it.  Maybe I just need to keep 
improving my stash. <
Take care!
Anne McReary
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