QE, oh I like the purple block! It will surely add some sparkle to you quilt. But the first block has some nice movement within the block and is an attractive block in its own right.
Welcome Dinahschis! I only have 25-30 blocks done so join right in. What I have been doing is getting the instructions (rotary cut) for 6 or 7 pairs of blocks, choose my fabrics and then get to sewing. It's so much less start and stopping and I can pull out my Civil War fabrics for a just a short time and then put them back. I find fabric selection to be the most time consuming for me especially since I'm using some layer cake pieces and have limited amounts of some fabrics. After I finish the next block I will have to go back and check out the RCut instructions and start the process again.