Nothing Ventured... Nothing Gained

I didn't go down to The Hen House yesterday... instead, I spent most of the late morning and early afternoon watching Home Free on youtube.com.  Home Free is an a capella group that, in my opinion, is beyond words in talent.  The rest of the afternoon was spent paying bills and getting groceries, etc.

It's not that I didn't think about the Amish with a Twist May block -  I did - I thought about it a lot; trying to figure out what I can do, if anything, to get that missing 1/8" back.  Is an eighth of an inch all that important??  Probably not in most cases, but since I have to make a total of 8 of these blocks, it could make an inch difference in the construction of the quilt.

Do I simply move my needle over two more numbers?  That should give me a scant 1/4" seam, but will it give me the block size I need?  Could I move the needle over just one number - would it make a difference?  I'm sure I'm over thinking it, but I just don't want to make these blocks wrong; I'm half-way through the blocks for this quilt top and I really want to continue on until it's complete - no sitting around as an UFO.

Sorry, got sidetracked there.... I went and basted a second block together to see if MAYBE it was just the first block being a PITA.... nope!

 first block - can you see the difference in the distance between the light 'blue' points and the seamline?

Much better on this block....

The second block looks better along the joined seam line, but when I measured it, it's still 1/8" short.  Before basting it together, I tried moving the needle to the right and then placing the completed block seam under the foot and lowering the needle just short of the fabric... it MIGHT have laid right next to the seam line - not what I need.  Moved the needle over two more ( 4.2) and there was a slight difference.  That's when I decided to baste the second block together.  sigh.  Guess I'll be making a trip down to The Hen House later today.

TTYL