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    Ok making a quilt for a lady who has dogs who sleep on her bed and they scratch to get their nest built. I need a durable material for backing.. I was thinking maybe an upholstery material...the only thing is she wants it as a summer weight quilt too so warmth is an issue also, this is a king size quilt that i talked about in earlier post of When you sell a quilt...I will be tacking this quilt. I even thought about duck material, again my concern is that she doesn't want it too warm.. Colors of this quilt is brights with sand and sea shells thrown in.

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    Any possibility that she could pull the quilt off the place on the bed the dogs sleep and put down an old blanket for them? I love my dog and he used to sleep on our bed every night but I wouldn't let him sleep on one of my good quilts., too much work went into it to have it torn with his nails. Just a thought-

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    cathy nope not a possibility.... not even gonna ask her... she has had these dogs longer than her husband...

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    Could you make a small quilt for the dogs that she could put on top of her quilt so they'd be scratching their quilt instead of hers? I recently saw a book with patterns for bed runners -- kind of like a table runner but it goes across the bottom of the bed -- hangs over each side a bit -- it didn't look too wide -- you could make it as wide or narrow as you want. Just a thought.
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    Default Re: Dog proof Durable backing

    Quote Originally Posted by Cathy F View Post
    Any possibility that she could pull the quilt off the place on the bed the dogs sleep and put down an old blanket for them? I love my dog and he used to sleep on our bed every night but I wouldn't let him sleep on one of my good quilts., too much work went into it to have it torn with his nails. Just a thought-
    I want to make a quilt for my daughter, but she has 3 dogs and at least 2 of them sleep on the bed. I won't make the quilt until there are only humans in the bed, not canines. My cat has claws, and he furs up the blanket, but doesn't do damage to it. He saves that for his favorite chair, which he has clawed the corner off of.

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    I have 4 cats and only one has decided to use any part of my furniture as a claw post...unfortunately she's chosen one corner of my bedspread. I will never put a quilt on my bed because of that. No offense to her...I just don't want my quilts torn up.

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    Default Re: Dog proof Durable backing

    I'd be more concerned about the top of the quilt rather than the underside. The top of the quilt is going to take a beating from their claws. I'd be more inclined to make a one-fabric quilt out of lightweight upholstery fabric back and front - flannel for batting. I might even consider just using cotton on the back to lighten it. If she wants patchwork I'd use drapery fabric and I'd come up with a pattern that has large blocks (no small pieces). I'd try to find a pattern that only requires several fabrics. Jenny's new tutorial could work.
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    I'm agreeing with Rebeccas here. It's the top I would be concerned with.
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    I guess i have a different perspective than most.... She is paying for the quilt, once it is in her house, its hers...now if i were to GIVE it to her that would be a different story.

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    I don't know of anything that is totaly "dog proof" maybe Kevlar (sp) and not sure that would be either with some dogs!!! LOL. So just go for it how ever you feel it will work and makes you and her happy, and like you said "she is paying for it" and once she has done that and in her house it don't matter! Her quilt and her dogs.

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