My puppy once stole one of the applique blocks that I was working on. I had left it in the middle of the dining room table with all the little pins in it so when I returned later I could just pick it right up and work on it. When I entered the house later in the day my dog acted like she had a prize in her mouth just for me and she could hardly wait to surprise me with it. Needless to say it was my applique block - to this day I still have no idea how she got it off the table. The pins by the way had all been removed and were actually all in a pile in front of the fireplace - guess they weren't tasty and I was lucky she didn't actually swallow them. I couldn't believe it. The block only had one little hole that was easily covered up with a leaf or flower. I can laugh about it now...it wasn't so funny when it happened.