beginner quilter

I have fallen in love with patchwork and quilting. I have dabbled in the past but never made anything big. I have three quilts on the go now. My first is OK but I won't use lots of dark solid in bitty bits again.

I wanted to make an applique of my dog and my cat so I am going to put it on the back of this first quilt. I will use them on the front of a future project that is more suitable.

There must be some Newfy lovers out there that will appreciate this. I haven't stitched around them yet. I am in the process of cutting bits for a Christmas quilt that will be a gift and I have started a charm square quilt for the Bakeshop competition.