I started a quilt for my daughter and son-in-law when they got married 10 years ago. THEN, I found out that their 75 lb dog slept on their bed!! No way am I making a quilt (that was to be entirely hand appliqued) so a dog could rip pieces off the top and smell the quilt up (not the dog's fault, of course). That dog has since gone to doggie heaven and they now have a 115 lb dog that jumps on the bed. The dogs are wonderful, but putting a comforter from Target on their bed is the way to go. I never told them why I didn't finish it. The way they live is their business.