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Grandma with curly grey hair and glasses hand-sews a patchwork quilt as a fluffy orange cat sleeps on the fabric squares. 15 / 27

Opal Sorted Every Quilt Square by Color. Butterscotch Found the Best Pile.

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Dozens of fabric squares cover the table in a happy riot of colors and patterns: pink florals, blue calicos, orange plaids, and soft yellows. Opal is stitching the next row of her quilt by hand, needle pinched between her fingers, glasses low on her nose, her grey curls framing a look of quiet concentration. She wears a green cardigan over a blue tee. Right in the middle of all those carefully sorted squares lies Butterscotch, curled into a big orange ball and sound asleep, his fluffy tail wrapped around him and his eyes peacefully closed. Baskets of yarn, a cup of scissors, and stacks of blankets fill the cozy room.

Cats seem to have a talent for finding the exact project you're working on and lying right on it. It makes sense from their point of view. Fabric is soft and warm, it smells like you, and being in the middle of your activity means being close to you. Sewing spaces hold some real dangers for cats, though. Needles, pins, and especially thread can be swallowed, and thread with a needle attached is a known emergency risk. Keep a pincushion or magnetic dish for pins, store thread in a closed box, and do a quick check of the floor when you finish for the day.

Opal will be sewing around her sleepy helper for a while yet. When the quilt is finished, it's a safe bet Butterscotch will claim it all over again.

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