Thanks for answering Marsha and Fox...that is exactly right! The blocks do NOT have to be appliqued...any other manner of making a block is acceptable. Regular pieced using cute fabrics, fussy cutting some doggie type fabric...paper piecing...whatever you are comfortable doing and will have fun making is what you should do!
On another note..rwquilts...I got your blocks today! Wow...they are adorable!!! They fit right into the kennel and I've had to break up a few nose to...well..not somewhere I'd like to sniff sessions! They seem to be getting to know each other well though! :)