I know people have very different feeling about quilt giving. I want my quilts to make the recipient happy. I made a very good friend a quilt for her birthday. At the time she was over the top excited about it, and has told me multiple times how much she loves it. She also has two dogs that she adores, and often posts pictures on Facebook. Her dogs, and my quilt are always in the pictures. She even captioned one "three things I love about my life". I guess my mission was accomplished!