Studio Assistants

Sometimes when working in the studio I regret having my trio of "assistants", especially when I am working on a deadline and need to move as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Between knocking off spools from my wall hung thread holder and trying to wrap their tails around my machine's needle (while it's moving up and down!), sometimes I have to just put them all out and work alone. I can't say work "in peace" because the constant scratching at the door and crying precludes peace of any kind.

Below are pictures of my studio assistants. Starting with Peek A Boo, she's my oldest cat and a bit set in her ways. She's not quite as bad as the younger ones, she only wants to sit on my feet, which makes it hard to use the machine's power control foot. She's 11 years old now and doesn't always appreciate the "closeness" of the others.

Now we move on to Miss Tillie. She's a beautiful ball of fur, who leaves it for me-everywhere! She loves to lay behind the machine as I'm sewing but her long tail tends to wrap around the needle housing and I have to continually push it out of the way to get any work done.

Last but far from least is Bouncer. He's one of the longest cats I've ever had and he loves to get up on my work table when I'm trying to accomplish anything. I've finally found how to thwart his tactics, if I go in the studio and just sit at the table and give him some loving for a while and give him some attention (actually more than he really wants) he'll be content and leave me to work for a while.

He always tries to be helpful, by moving things out of my way for me. Here he decided the tissue box was ready for the trash, but dang, he's having a bit of a problem trying to find the trash can!