Hold everything - this is why I love this site! I do all the quilting for Maggie Walker Quilts in Elverson, PA. If you go onto her site and strum through the patterns, You will see a quilt with cats and very realistic orchids. Her quilts are hand appliqued by Leslie Hickland in FL her patterns could also be appliqued "raw edge" or traditional machine applique. We also did a quilt of dogs, fancy chickens, roseville china, redware etc. The quilts are beautiful.
Good luck, Teresa's Quilt Studio
Maggies website is below.
http://www.maggiewalkerdesign.com/quilts/cats/info.html