Dogs in Sweaters

What's cuter than a dog in a sweater?  How about lots of dogs in sweaters? 

I bought this pattern by Elizabeth Hartman thinking it would be a cute pattern for my sister, who has two sweet little doxies who go by the names Frankie and Penny.   

The pattern for the dogs has a lot of little pieces.  I found it best to keep them organized by drawing  the units to the exact size on the side of a file folder, and then placing the cut units on the corresponding squares.  That way, I could cut all the units for four dogs at the same time.

For the "sweater" fabric, I used flannel, leftover from the flannel quilt   I made from my father's shirts.  (Of course, being as this was to be a gift for my sister, they were her father's shirts also. )

Instead of a plain background, I decided on some simple, scrappy squares, choosing fabrics that would blend nicely with  the dog's colors:

When the top was finished, I handed it off to the local quilt shop for quilting.  I chose a large looping heart for the quilt pattern, and a perfectly matched "doxie brown" minkee fabric for the back.

Here is my sister, showing off her new quilt!

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