The directions are that you sew straight stitching 1/8" in from the raw edge. You may be using the pre-cut pinked edge or an edge cut on the bias. My kit directions have all the raw edge cuts falling on the bias. Carolato, your post is comforting.
My bigger concern is the look of these blocks after this short cut is taken. For example the tree top blocks; rather than being flying geese block, its a rectangle with triangles applied on top of each end using this method. Because they're imitating real blocks, I'm worried it will look like it was done by someone who doesn't know how to quilt.