Great looking patriotic block Honchey! So nice you posted it on July 4th, very festive.

Beautiful 4th blocks everyone. Of course doing mine in all blues i couldn't add red.

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GrannyQ---some more pretty blue blocks. :)

We don't have a national birthday here. We only celebrate the queen's birthday, that's all. I guess we've always been here :D

grannyQ, both your blocks are beautiful and sooo well done!!!

Ok, here is a try run to post pictures[ATTACH=CONFIG]346890[/ATTACH]John's Favorite (and mine on blocks-to-do list)

[ATTACH=CONFIG]346891[/ATTACH]July Fourth, Firecracker of an idea!! It is upside down to the way I made it, so if you stand on your head and look at it the right way, or mentally rotate block, you can see the way the block was created.

John had to have a dog; a boy and a dog just go together as friends.

QNS--two really great blocks! The dog in the corner is a nice touch. Love all your fabrics in the 4th of July block.

QNSue...the barn board fabric really dresses up the block and then the fussy cutting for deputy dog...great job. Your firecrackers are the only ones I'll hear this year. Looks good.

Oh, QNS, your July 4th block is so nice and festive, great fabric. And....... so much creativity in your John's Favorite!!!!!
Great job FC the barn board fabric!! The dog looks like he's up in the loft.

Thanks everyone. Yes, Termi, that was the idea to set Duke into the loft serving as his lookout tower. He is a Red-bone coon hound, very protective of 'his' owner and the owner's things. I had one as a child, and learned many things from him. He even snapped at my smaller cousin, who grabbed my doll cradle to play with it. Never bit her, just scared her by snapping close to her face. Also scared all the watchful adults.

Sometimes, Oksewglad, it amazes me. I start out one way, and end up going another a lot of times. It's like it 'talks' to me. No! or Yes! Like when I told the 6 turkeys to 'turkey talk' to me and they started 'gobble, gobble' back to me; my friend was a witness to it all and she could not believe it either.

We celebrate on April 30th. That was late Queen Juliana's birthday, our present queen Beatrix didn't want to change that. It's a national holiday. Where I live in the morning there's a huge kind of yard sale where kids (and adults) sell their stuff they collected during the year. There's also an art market with paintings, bobbin lace and things like that. And of course lots of beer :( In the evening music in a tent. No fireworks.

QNS, I love your blocks! You have the most amazing fabrics :D

Oh Aneal that's so neat! It's amaizin' what we learn here.

GrannyQ, Honchey and QNS your blocks are beautiful as always.

Anael I remember a long time ago I did a workshop trying to learn bobbin lace making. I never really mastered the art and do appreciate the long hours that go into making it.

Here's my July Fourth. I don't do patriotic so I made one with Tulips :D
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I did learn to make bobbin lace and mastered several of the different techniques but by far not all. You're right, it's very time consuming.

Love the tulips and firecrackers!! Again, you come up with delightful colorful combos and have excellent points on all your blocks. Great job.

Thanks QNSue! The firecrackers fabric was a FQ I won a few months ago and I was waiting for the right block to use it. The colors are exactly the same as in the tulip fabric :D

Thank you oksewglad. Funny thing is I don't have any tulips in my garden though I like them a lot! I used to have them in pots but that didn't work.

Here's the second block: John's Favorite.
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Now that's purdy! Nice sharp points & great contrast. Such a cute fabric.:thumbup:

that's a 'purdy' block there, pardner. Looks familiar; you nailed things again...great job!! Anael. Beautiful work.

Thanks Bev and QNSue. It sure looks familiar :D

Anael...I agree that tulips seem patriotic for you. Both blocks are beautiful and well done. You're catching up with flying colors.

I did both of these on Friday...