Rita,
My oldest grand daughter (14 yrs. old) loves cats. About 6 years ago I started collecting cat fabrics to make her a cat I Spy. By the time I started making the quilt for her 2004 Christmas present I had amassed over 90 fabrics with 400 different cats. (I never saw a cat fabric that I didn't like!!!) The fabrics which had cats too big to be cut into small hexagons, I pieced for the back. Even the label was a cat! I joined hexagons with paw print fabric. One of the pieces had a mouse. I entered the quilt in several local quilt shows and challenged viewers to find the mouse. This is definately the most fun-to-make quilt to date.
I discovered Quilter's Cache yesterday and already ordering a pattern.