Day 221: "VARMINT!" I heard the sound of binder clip jaws snapping together, followed by a jarring thunk. I knew exactly what had happened, and worse, I knew it was going to happen as soon as I stepped out of the room, and I did it anyway.
I was within a month of finishing the Kitty Hexagon Quilt when Tippy left me, and I wisely put it away before inviting a tiny two-pound kitten into my home. I knew the temptation would be irresistible, and I didn't want our relationship to begin with harsh words. Picking up where I had left off, I finished sewing on the binding in the morning yesterday, and was ready to start quilting the last of the motifs. I brought out the Q-frame and mounted the quilt in it, one edge held by binder clips so that I could quilt close to the binding. I'd sewn two hexagons and several of the partial ones along the edge by dinnertime. I had not been in the kitchen five minutes when I heard, "Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap! THUD!!!" The little "tea-cup" cat now weighs almost 16 pounds, way more avoirdupois than any binder clip could be expected to support, and he'd decided to use the quilt as a trampoline.
Now I am resigned to unmounting the quilt at the end of each sewing session, leaving the Q-frame bare to its bones. Loaded, it's too wide to pass through the doorway into either bedroom where I could lock it safely away. Life With Cat is never, ever dull. Noisy, but never dull.
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