I'm not sure which "freebies" are left in the group files, but stick kitties from pnw_britt designs yahoo group had a border with kitty tracks and fish bones and a water bowl with kitty tracks. If you have some type of editing program you could remove stitches and have the kitty tracks and perhaps resize. Embird, SewWhatPro, Embroidery Magic 2 are just some examples of editing programs. Embird and SewWhatPro have trial downloads. I'm not sure but maybe Buzz Tools has the same features.

if you have the patience to wait until he comes back, there was a set with kittens here

Sick have animal prints, and they are very cheap. I think your quilt is going to be beautiful, you have great ideas.***

ttt for you. ATW (Artistic Thread Works) has a set of cat & dog stuff with a mouse, but it's not a windup one. Not free. Embroidery library for paw prints. Maybe somebody else knows more. This is going to be one gorgeous quilt!!! Hugs, Marji

you got some good ideas and advice so i will give *'s

Here are some cat paws:
http://www.starbirdstockdesigns.com/asp_pages/catalog.asp?kwsearch=paw
I could not find a wind up mouse, but here are some other mice:
http://www.starbirdstockdesigns.com/asp_pages/catalog.asp?kwsearch=mouse

Hi Camylow--did you ever find that elusive mouse?