Not so helpful, actually.
After trying to shoo them off of fabric pieces, retrieving scissors they swiped onto the floor, and flicking at paws that batted at my moving thread, I finally got out my camera.
My Sewing/Quilting Assistants
03 Wednesday Mar 2010
Posted in Cats, Cats and More Cats, Quilting, Sewing, Non-Quilting
April's Atelier 
TOO FUNNY! Silly kitties.
Gotta be right there in my face. 😉 They’re lucky they didn’t get sewn into the quilt top LOL!
My cats do that when I start doing any type of beadwork lol. I am jealous though…I can’t find my sewing machine at all :(.
Oh Penny, beading is the worst! One little misplaced paw (or a deadly accurate pounce) and that bead tray can go flying. Besides which, the little gray with the bad ear up there likes running off with my little baggies of beads and such. After a week, I finally found some much-searched-for silver findings under our back door mat. 😮
I hope you find your machine!