1 down, 7 to go

I finally got the nerve to work on the July civil war blocks. Anyone out there making these, this is how I made it work.  Cut the pieces for the half square triangles 1/16 bigger than called for (2 1/4 and 3 1/8), then I set my machine to 2.5 to put them together, which is a little bigger seam than the normal scant 1/4 allowance. It seemed to work. Now to make 7 more!

I was going to make the easier version for this month's blocks, but when I saw it made up at the Knoxville quilt show using the easier version, I decided the smaller pieces would look better for the overall design.