I would also really check with the shelter or pet place you will be making them for. When I checked with the local animal shelter they preferred blankets made out of fleece and did not want them stuffed. They had those little dog beds up on legs and made with screen like material and they just wanted coverings for them. They also wanted little quilts for the cats but again wanted fleece. They said it washed better in the machines they had. I know for my own dogs, I just take two pieces of fleece and serge around the edges rounding the corners. My dogs of course have dog beds and I just put the fleece quilts in them and they love to "arrange" their bedding. I had one dog who would chew through anything when she was a puppy, I finally just made a blue jean scrap blanket for her and put that in her crate after she had chewed up a couple of dog beds. She liked it and did not destroy it.