Pets on Quilts!

Some of you may have noticed on my sidebar an advertisement for the Pets on Quilts event.  This event started in August and ends on the 9th. If you click on the sidebar, you will see the initial post full of information. From there, click to the blog's home page to be brought to the most recent screen full of sponsor links and participant links. This is akin to the Blogger's Quilt Festival with voting after the links close to basically, "best in show" of the few categories.

I decided to link up this year and participate because when I make a quilt, it's an ever-loving challenge to try to keep the dogs from getting on it one way or another and I thought it'd be fun to show some of the pics I end up with.

They really, really, try to get onto the fabric when I lay out block placements (I really need a design wall)

but if I finish a quilt and lay it down for a photo, all heck breaks loose!  It's a cartoon-ish mad dash to take a photo, keep an eye on all three dogs and prohibit them, usually with a repeated mantra of "don't you dare, eah, no, stay, no, off, GET OUT."

Yep, I end up blowing a gasket to which they act all wounded and mope to the door and I feel bad.

They just love my quilts. They like other blankets but my quilts, wow, it's nutty and oddly complimentary.  I relent and let them lay on the ones for home or my family who has dogs

but they are so bummed when I don't let them get near other quilts, like charity quilts.  They are even bummed when they see me lay out a sheet over the floor for block placement or something. They just seem to know it's not for them.

A couple quilts have been relegated the dog beds on a frequent basis. For example, this one.

This next one was intended to be mine but Hubs gifted it to some good friends.  Needless to say, the dogs and I were unhappy. They really worked hard to each get a part to lay on and then studiously ignore mama.

At the end of the day, I decided if I can't beat em, to join them (this is my submission photo for the voting contest). I just needed to make them sit still long enough to get a good dog photo.  Except...

I'm not much of a photographer.  I hope you've enjoyed my puppies and swing over to Lily Pad Quilting for other great pics of pets on quilts!

Cheers!
Beck