My first lap quilt

This was the quilt I began in April and finished Christmas Eve 2010 for my mum. The corner blocks are maple leafs and the applique were supposed to be maple leafs as well, but the course finished and I didn't have access to the template. I found the cat shapes from a friend and dedicated them to the eight cats who formed our family over the years. I used silver thread for the whiskers and their names, what a challenge! Blackboy was my special "boy". It was machine quilted and hand appliqued.