Pets on Quilts

It all started when we got Ben.  Puppies have teeth like needles and they like to chew.  They really like to chew on quilts!  My store bought quilt pictured above that I had since childhood was a casualty of puppy teeth so I decided to make my own all by myself and discovered the online quilting world.

After a quilt or two I started blogging and named this blog for Ben and Charly our Jack Russell who likes to sleep on my stash box.  She's a real JRT and likes to be bigger than she really is and sit higher than the rest of us! She doesn't make that many appearances on this blog and it is named after her so I decided to have a small photo shoot with her and her favourite toys for link up with 

We're entering for the dogs on quilts category.

She loves her toys especially her squeeky ball and tries to bury it under the quilts.

Wilbur the Bassett like to bury things too (rawhide bones to be exact!)  and crashed the photo party to investigate the quilt and make sure he wasn't missing out on any goodies.

Note to self : remove compost bag from photo shoot space in future!

Of course he spotted the treats I had in my hand to reward Charly for posing for me and I had to give some.  I am a well trained owner!

Sadly Ben is no longer with us.  We lost him to cancer in February this year.  Life wihtout a Basset wasn't the same and Charly especially missed the company so we adopted Wilbur in March from Ash Animal Rescue in Co.Wicklow.  Wilbur was on his last day in the pound when he got a stay of execution by some kind person who took him on behalf of Ash and we are so grateful to that person whoever they are.  He's kind of mad in the head but a funny dude.  (The quilt is a sampler quilt I made last year from Karavan fabric by Valori Wells while taking Whipstich's First Modern Quilt e-Course.)

But this blog post is meant to be about Charly so here she is founder member of the blog, guardian of all things fabric and a great pal as well!  Love her to bits.